READ: 1 KINGS 18:38, 45
Before God would answer
Elijah’s prayer to send down the rain, fire had to come first. Why must fire
precede the rain? God will never build your joy on a foundation of sorrow. When
the fire fell on the altar prepared by Elijah, it dried up all the water. This
represents your tears and everything that will not allow God’s fire to burn in
your life. The water also represents those things that can quench the Spirit,
or cause sorrow in your life. Before God’s promises are fulfilled in your life,
the fire must first fall to wipe away all your tears.
“And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49).
Jesus says the promises of God the Father will be fulfilled in your life. Only wait for the fire to fall first. Before God builds your joy, success and prosperity, he would have to remove all the things that can cause the building to collapse. This was why the 450 prophets of Baal had to die. What are the things-habits, beliefs and deeds – capable of wrecking your blessing? Let God’s fire consume them.
Another reason fire should precede the rain is that you need the anointing to access maximum enjoyment of divine blessings. An adage says, ‘It is comfort that kills, not hardship.’ It is easier to manage hardship than success. It is difficult to fast when your freezer and refrigerator are loaded with diverse foods. Staying close to God in prosperity requires anointing. Several men of God who started well, have fallen because of comfort. When they prospered, they abandoned fasting to their congregations. May God never give me the kind of prosperity that will make me forget Him.
2 Chronicles 26 tells us of Uzziah who became king at the age of sixteen. He started seeking God and prospered as long as he did so. But prosperity stole his heart from God. He died a leper. How is your walk with God today? Are you allowing the blessings God has given you to take God from you? Do you still find to fast and pray? Allow the fire of God’s anointing to fall on you. Yield to the Holy Spirit today.
“And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49).
Jesus says the promises of God the Father will be fulfilled in your life. Only wait for the fire to fall first. Before God builds your joy, success and prosperity, he would have to remove all the things that can cause the building to collapse. This was why the 450 prophets of Baal had to die. What are the things-habits, beliefs and deeds – capable of wrecking your blessing? Let God’s fire consume them.
Another reason fire should precede the rain is that you need the anointing to access maximum enjoyment of divine blessings. An adage says, ‘It is comfort that kills, not hardship.’ It is easier to manage hardship than success. It is difficult to fast when your freezer and refrigerator are loaded with diverse foods. Staying close to God in prosperity requires anointing. Several men of God who started well, have fallen because of comfort. When they prospered, they abandoned fasting to their congregations. May God never give me the kind of prosperity that will make me forget Him.
2 Chronicles 26 tells us of Uzziah who became king at the age of sixteen. He started seeking God and prospered as long as he did so. But prosperity stole his heart from God. He died a leper. How is your walk with God today? Are you allowing the blessings God has given you to take God from you? Do you still find to fast and pray? Allow the fire of God’s anointing to fall on you. Yield to the Holy Spirit today.
MEMORIZE: LUKE
24:49 –And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but tarry you in
the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high.
