Are We Watching For That Small Cloud?

There has been little activity on the blog these past months for several reasons. Life (in the flesh) has a way of distracting and pulling one away from a focus on prayer.

I started the blog prior to Canton's Revival Conference and it was a great tool to unify a group of believers spread out across North America and beyond. As I read the past posts I wonder if many times I am not like Elijah's servant who kept being told (7 times) to go and look for the clouds of coming rain.

1 Kings 18:41-44
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain. So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. Go and look toward the sea, he told his servant. And he went up and looked. There is nothing there, he said. Seven times Elijah said, Go back. The seventh time the servant reported, A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea. So Elijah said, Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”


If Elijah had stopped after 5 or 6 times, would God still have sent the little cloud that brought the torrent of rain to end the drought? I feel that the neglect of prayer in my own life has made me dull of hearing. I have spoken recently with my brother in the Lord, Bill, who was with me and several others at Canton. We both sense the Spirit's patient call to return to the prayer room. Should the Canton Prayer Union be revived? I look forward to hearing how God is leading you in these days. Please comment on what the Lord is revealing to you in these days.

Your brother in Christ, Steve