No More Limping

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Hello, my friend… come with me today. This is By God's Call — day 103, No More Limping.

"And Elijah came near to all the people and said, 'How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.' And the people did not answer him a word." 1 Kings 18:21.

Picture the scene for a moment. Mount Carmel, under a sun that had shone over years of drought. All of Israel gathered. Four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal on one side. And on the other side, alone, one man: Elijah. One prophet against an entire crowd. And he doesn't hesitate — he walks up to the people and asks the most direct question anyone has ever asked a whole nation: how long will you go limping between two opinions?

The word he uses is not about elegant indecision. It pictures a broken gait — someone trying to take a step in two directions at once, and because of it, stumbling, limping, never actually moving forward in either direction. That was Israel: worshiping the Lord one day and Baal the next. Trying to stay on good terms with everyone, while truly belonging to no one.

And notice: Elijah does not ask for blind faith. He proposes a visible, fair, public test — fire falling from heaven onto the altar. The faith Elijah represents has never been afraid of being examined. It doesn't hide behind "just believe." It says: watch, and then decide.

But look at the saddest line in this entire verse: "the people did not answer him a word." Not yes. Not no. Silence. And that silence is the most painful answer there is — because prolonged indecision is not neutrality. It is a choice disguised as no choice at all. It is continuing to limp, year after year, thinking that avoiding the decision is safer than making it.

My friend, this question of Elijah's has crossed the centuries and reaches you today, exactly as it reached that crowd on the mountaintop: how long will you go limping between two opinions? Maybe it isn't Baal in your case — maybe it's the job that has quietly taken the place only God should occupy. Maybe it's a habit you know doesn't belong in the life God wants for you, but you keep postponing the decision to let it go. Maybe it's simply living with one foot in faith and one foot in fear, never fully committing to either.

"How long" is not a rhetorical question. It is a deadline. God is not asking it expecting you to keep stalling forever. He is expecting an answer.

So today, before breakfast, I want you to do what that silent crowd did not do. Choose. Out loud — not just in your thoughts, but with your own voice — say who you will follow today. And go further: name one specific area of your life where you are still limping between two paths. Give it a name. And decide, before God, that today you stop limping.

The LORD is God. Follow Him. No half-step. No two directions. Him alone.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.