Watch Elijah and Elisha perform miracles in the very areas of life that the Canaanites attributed to Baal: the provision of rain, crops, and life itself. The original readers of 1-2 Kings were likely captives in Babylon. God challenges them through these stories to give him their sole allegiance since there is no one greater. Today, these stories still challenge us to give God our sole allegiance. There is no one greater than he is. Yet we live in a culture that denies this at every turn. The god of choice in our culture is not Baal, but the sovereign self. Our culture exalts individual expression and freedom to the point of silliness and absurdity. So we need to be reminded in a fresh way of the greatness of our God.