READ: LUKE 15:11-13,
29-32
In 1 Kings 19:7-8, after
Elijah ate two meals the angel brought, he travelled for forty days to Mount
Horeb, without need for any other food. Forty days represent the entire length
of his journey. This tells us that God is sufficient for our entire journey in
life. He has stocked all the miracles you will ever need in His storehouse in
Heaven. All you have to do is ask, seek and knock when you need them and He
will release them to you. But do you say, ‘Why does God not give me everything
at once?’ He reserves the blessings for your good. As parents, there are
certain gifts, clothes or money you received or bought for your child which
cannot be of immediate benefit to them. It is common practice to keep them away
until the child comes of age to benefit from them.
God behaves exactly this way. He knows when you need something. Some of us begin to cry to God for certain blessings years ahead of the ideal time. Imagine a young secondary school leaver, who never worked for one day, asking God for a pathfinder jeep. If he gets it people will think he is an armed robber. How can he maintain it? What he needs is not a pathfinder. Not even a job, but a higher education to enable him gets a career.
A certain brother was planning to go for post graduate studies. Although he had a heart after God, he was still struggling with his flesh. His studies were more pressing to him but solving the problem with his flesh was more pressing to God. So God asked him to get married some years earlier than he planned. And he submitted to God’s will. What requests are you making at the wrong time? Deal with your lust. When you really need something, you will not need a prophet to tell you. If you receive your blessings before you need them, you will be like the prodigal son who received all his inheritance before hand and wasted them. Although he returned home and was received, yet he had nothing left. His only option would be to beg from his elder brother. Is that what you want for yourself? Be wise.
God behaves exactly this way. He knows when you need something. Some of us begin to cry to God for certain blessings years ahead of the ideal time. Imagine a young secondary school leaver, who never worked for one day, asking God for a pathfinder jeep. If he gets it people will think he is an armed robber. How can he maintain it? What he needs is not a pathfinder. Not even a job, but a higher education to enable him gets a career.
A certain brother was planning to go for post graduate studies. Although he had a heart after God, he was still struggling with his flesh. His studies were more pressing to him but solving the problem with his flesh was more pressing to God. So God asked him to get married some years earlier than he planned. And he submitted to God’s will. What requests are you making at the wrong time? Deal with your lust. When you really need something, you will not need a prophet to tell you. If you receive your blessings before you need them, you will be like the prodigal son who received all his inheritance before hand and wasted them. Although he returned home and was received, yet he had nothing left. His only option would be to beg from his elder brother. Is that what you want for yourself? Be wise.
MEMORIZE:
ECCLESAISTES 3:1 –To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under heaven.
