06/09/2026
The Blame Game
1 Kings 18:2,17,18 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. AND THERE WAS A SORE FAMINE IN SAMARIA. And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, THAT AHAB SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU HE THAT TROUBLETH ISRAEL? AND HE ANSWERED, I HAVE NOT TROUBLED ISRAEL; BUT THOU, AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE, IN THAT YE HAVE FORSAKEN THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, AND THOU HAST FOLLOWED BAALIM.
When leaders (pastors, other ministers, husbands, fathers, employers, government officials, etc.,) are blind to the fact that they are the cause of the problems within “the land” you will find that they will usually and always blame others just as Ahab blamed Elijah because they are usually blinded by either their pride, idolatry, stubbornness, rebellion, religion, sin, transgression, or even iniquity and this causes severe issues (famine) within their marriages, their families, their business, their states, their nations, and especially within christianity, a famine within the church sanctuary.
Note: We also have to see this analogy as well because Ahab was not only accusing Elijah, he was actually accusing or blaming God for the problem or calamity because Elijah was in a sense “God’s right-hand man” and Elijah represented God to the fullest degree. This is often an occurrence even with people who are in Christianity, blaming God for the calamity (problem) and the tragedy which we can clearly see this with Mary and Martha, for they both blamed Jesus (God) for their brother’s death or casualty. They were telling (blaming) Jesus saying, “If you would have been here, this wouldn’t have happened.”
John 11:21,32 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The only thing that someone could ever blame Jesus for is being faithful, just, good, righteous, and true. Anything else is a deformation of his true nature and character and many of our problems result from either our Satanic adversary or our own foolish and disobedient decisions personally.
Many churches, just like it was in Samaria, are currently and have been experiencing extreme famine in the form of the presence and glory of God not manifesting. So the question that we must observe is, “If we are experiencing a famine of Jesus (The Holy Spirit), then he must be experiencing a famine from us.”
Our famine or lack of unto him includes honor, reverence, fear, obedience, respect, the complete truth of his word being spoken, love, order, structure, unity, true worship, true praise which of course all these things directly reflects on the reasoning why the presence and glory of God is in famine or to put it directly, not in the midst of our lives or churches manifesting. When we experience famine, which is a curse, it is a product of disobedience, which with Ahab he was most certainly in, as Elijah had said.
Anytime there is famine or problems (dehydration and starvation) within a church congregation, you always want to first look at those in the leadership position. Just as Ahab and his father’s house caused famine in the land, a pastor, or other head leader, can cause the same within the church. If the root (true source) of the problem is not addressed, then eventually there will be death and destruction. Just as our human and mortal body cannot survive without food and water, neither can the body of Christ survive without the living water and bread of life that comes only from and who is and shall always be Jesus Christ.
WARNING! IF YOUR LEADERS WILL NOT HUMBLY LISTEN TO THEIR SHEEP OR AFTER BEING PROPERLY CONFRONTED AND COUNSELED WITH SPIRITUAL MATURITY CONTINUE TO CHOOSE TO REFUSE TO SEE THEMSELVES AS THE RESULT OF THE PROBLEMS (FAMINE) WITHIN YOUR SANCTUARY THEN YOU TO LEAVE THAT CHURCH BODY QUICKLY AND IMMEDIATELY!