what are you doing here

1. What Are You Doing Here?
• 1 Kings 19:11-13
Then He said, ‘Go out, and stand on the
mountain before the LORD.’ And behold,
the LORD passed by, and a great and strong
wind tore into the mountain and broke the
rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the
LORD was not in the wind; and after the
wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not
in the earthquake;

2. What Are You Doing Here?
• 1 Kings 19:11-13
And after the earthquake a fire, but the
LORD was not in the fire; and after the
fire a still small voice. So it was, when
Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face
in his mantle and went out and stood in
the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a
voice came to him, and said, ‘What are
you doing here, Elijah?’

3. What Are You Doing Here?
• What led to God asking Elijah this
question?
• What was Elijah’s reply?
• And what was God’s response to
him?

4. What Are You Doing Here?
1) Those who know God must have
some personal encounter with
Him.

5. What Are You Doing Here?
1) Those who know God must have
some personal encounter with
Him.
a. Personal encounter with God is for
everyone of His children.

6. What Are You Doing Here?
a. Personal encounter with God is for
everyone of His children.
• James 5:17-18
Elijah was a man with a nature like
ours, and he prayed earnestly that
it would not rain; and it did not
rain on the land for three years and
six months.

7. What Are You Doing Here?
1) Those who know God must have
some personal encounter with
Him.
b. We can know it is God whenever
we encounter Him.

8. What Are You Doing Here?
b. We can know it is God whenever we
encounter Him.
• 1 Kings 19:12-13
And after the earthquake a fire, but
the LORD was not in the fire; and after
the fire a still small voice. So it was,
when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped
his face in his mantle and stood in the
entrance of the cave.

9. What Are You Doing Here?
c. Do not always expect the spectacular
in seeking God.
• 1 Kings 19:11-12
But the LORD was not in the
wind…was not in the
earthquake….was not in the fire….

10. What Are You Doing Here?
d. Do not always expect God to speak to
us in the same way.
• 1 Kings 19:11-12
But the LORD was not in the
wind…was not in the
earthquake….was not in the fire; and
after the fire a still small voice.

11. What Are You Doing Here?
2) Great encounter can be followed
by great fall.
• 1 Kings 19:3-4
And when he saw that, he rose and ran
for his life... a day’s journey into the
wilderness..sat under a broom tree he
prayed that he might die, and said, ’It
is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for
I am no better than my fathers!’

12. What Are You Doing Here?
2) Great encounter can be followed
by great fall.
a. Before the encounter :-
i) We whole heartedly seek Him.
ii) We thoroughly depend on Him
iii) We totally focus on Him.

13. What Are You Doing Here?
2) Great encounter can be followed
by great fall.
b. After the encounter :-
i) We naturally withdraw from His
presence.
ii) We carelessly let down our guard in
spirit.
iii) We unknowingly take the credit.
iv) We consciously take the blame.

14. What Are You Doing Here?
3)We are never alone in facing life
challenges.
• 1 Kings 19:14
And he said, ’I have been very zealous
for the LORD God of hosts; because the
children of Israel have forsaken Your
covenant, torn down Your altars, killed
Your prophets with the sword. I am
alone left; and they seek to take my life.’

15. What Are You Doing Here?
3) We are never alone in facing life
challenges.
a. Feeling alone makes us fearful.
• 1 Kings 19:14
…I am alone left; and they seek to
take my life.

16. What Are You Doing Here?
3) We are never alone in facing life
challenges.
b. Feeling alone makes us become self
pity.
• 1 Kings 19:4
It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life,
for I am not better than my fathers.

17. What Are You Doing Here?
3) We are never alone in facing life
challenges.
c. Feeling alone makes us wanting to
give up.
• 1 King 19:4
‘For I am not better than my
fathers.’

18. What Are You Doing Here?
3)We are never alone in facing life
challenges.
• 1 Kings 19:18
‘Yet I have reserved 7,000 in Israel,
all whose knees have not bowed to
Baal, and every mouth that has not
kissed him.’

19. What Are You Doing Here?
3)We are never alone in facing life
challenges.
• Joshua 1:5, 1Chro 28:20, Heb 13:5
No man shall be able to stand before
you all the days of your life; as I was
with Moses, so I will be with you. I
will not leave you nor forsake you.

20. What Are You Doing Here?
4) Do whatever you are called to do.
• 1 king 19:15-16
Then the LORD said to him: ‘Go,
return on your way to the wilderness
of Damascus; and when you arrive,
anoint Hazael as king over Syria. And
you shall anoint Jehu the son of
Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha
son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you
shall anoint as prophet in your place.’

21. What Are You Doing Here?
4) Do whatever you are called to do.
a. Be thankful with what you are
given.

22. What Are You Doing Here?
4) Do whatever you are called to do.
a. Be thankful with what you are
given.
b. Be faithful with what is in your
hands.

23. What Are You Doing Here?
• Do we know God like Elijah did?
• Have we been expecting the spectacular
and neglecting the routine and
mundane?
• Do we feel like giving up in the things
we called to do?
• Is God asking you ‘What are you doing
here?’

24. What Are You Doing Here?
• If we have been like Elijah losing the
sense of direction :-
a) Let’s lift up our eyes to the LORD
again.
b) Let’s be steadfast in the tasks we
are called to do.