a thought in my brain

Tonight as I was coming home from a very good conversation with a friend of mine, a phrase came into my head: "you troubler of Israel".

I was pretty sure it was from the life of Elijah the prophet and I just looked it up and sure enough, it is:

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the LORD’s commands and have followed the Baals. Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
1 Kings 18:16-21

The conversation with my friend was a powerful God conversation and I left with my spirit quite stirred. As I travelled home I felt there were some things God was bringing together which I won't go into here, but it was in that context that the phrase 'you troubler of Israel' came to my mind.

There is much to process in all of this...