1 Kings 18:16-19 ESV
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” 18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the Lord and followed the Baals. 19 Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.”

THE REAL TROUBLE.
The famine became severe. Thus he did explorations to find food and water for his animals all over the land. He met Elijah along the way for God had appointed the meeting.[see verse 1]

He immediately accused Elijah and held him responsible for the ongoing famine. That, Elijah was the troubler of Israel and not himself. A person could be hardened with sin as Ahab to become unconscionable. What a sad state of his heart to spiral down from accepting sin to exalting it. He made idol temples and altars in his kingdom.

Most probably, he took for granted the word of God through Elijah, that is, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” [1 Kings 17:1] A person who continues to reject God’s word is making his heart impermeable. The wall of his heart is thickened and lose its sensitivity.

Indeed, the practice of sinning results to illusionment. It did not cross in Ahab’s mind that he was the problem. Definitely, he didn’t see wrong with his marriage with Jezebel and his worship to idols, did he? A person who sees the mote in others’ eyes but can’t see the beam before his eyes is an exaggeration Jesus had said. Sadly, this pictures the blinding effect of a deceived heart. A hardened heart makes his eyes blind to the realities.

My pastor friend said one time, “Karamihan as atin nagsasabi na ang problema sa mundo ay komunismo, capitalismo, pasisismo at socialismo.Hindi ba natin alam na ang problema sa mundo ay ‘tayo mismo’?” Ahab was in a big trouble for having been oblivious that he was the cause of trouble.

Today, let’s sport a tender heart before the Lord. Let us not be deceived by the lures of sin. May we will be able to see our hearts as God sees it. [see Psa 139:23,24]

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