I am confident Elijah was a human being but
I’m not so sure about “quite like us.” On the other hand he was fully dependent
on God for rain or lack thereof in the same way that those who suffer pray and
those who are cheerful rejoice. There may be some who think it is the righteousness of the one who prays that determines the outcome but I prefer to believe the “powerful and
effective” nature of the prayer has more to do with persistence in the face of
circumstances beyond one's control. We know that we were not meant to live
forever in bodies of flesh and blood and bones and so the healing that happens
in the temporal is not nearly as “powerful and effective” as the healing that
allows one to take life as it comes without being overcome. Every day is a gift
despite the difficulties we face when we recognize we are in this thing
together. So Elijah was indeed just like us even though some folks that
farm and ranch in west Texas might like to have his ability to make it rain.
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