In our last study we looked at Obadiah’s fearing the Lord greatly. Now, this evening we will be looking at Obadiah’s fearing a man greatly – in this case, the king. Obadiah came into this sudden fear when he providentially met up with Elijah while he was on a mission with king Ahab seeking for water for the dying cattle. He and Ahab had divided the land between themselves in their search for the water, and Ahab went one way and Obadiah the other. And when Obadiah suddenly came upon Elijah, he recognized him, and said – “Is that you, my lord Elijah?” And Elijah, when he realized that it was Obadiah, the first thing he said to him was – “It is I.” “Go, tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.” And, at that very moment, we find that fear immediately came into Obadiah’s heart; a fear that he would be killed, if he went back and told Ahab that he had seen Elijah. This was not the fear of God, but rather the fear of man. And so, the lesson that God would have us to learn tonight is that it is very important that we address the fear of man in our hearts, so that we will be able to do God’s good will in the various situations where we might feel threatened by someone who is in authority over us. The way that I want to approach this is for us think together about the 2 questions which Obadiah laid before Elijah on account of his fear; questions which may come to our own minds as well when we are trying to do the right thing, and we cannot see how doing God’s will, will keep us safe, or be profitable to us at all.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...