What Doest Thou Here?

In First Kings chapter nineteen verse nine we read: “And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?” Jehovah asked this question of Elijah when he had come to the “Mount of God.” That we might understand this question of our God, we will take a few moments to review the history that brought Elijah to Mount Horeb. Elijah was the prophet of God, called to labor among the ten tribes of Israel. His...