1 Kings 18:41-45 (the story):Elijah had just had one of the most amazing days of his entire ministry. Fire had fallen from heaven and 450 prophets of Baal were killed by God. All of a sudden Elijah feels his spirit moving within him and he knows that it is time for the drought to end. He climbs mount Carmel along with his servant and begins to praying for rain. His servant is sent to look for rain clouds and finding none Elijah prays some more. Six times the servant goes to look without finding a single rain cloud in the sky. Six times Elijah prays fervently for rain. After praying the seventh time he sends his servant again and there is a very small cloud in the sky. The rain is coming. It wasn't enough for Elijah to know in his heart that God wanted him to pray for rain. Elijah continually prayed until he know the rain was on its way. And if that isn't enough after sending his servant to tell Ahab the rain is coming, he returns to prayer until the rain finally arrived.
The lesson:
How many times when we feel a moving in our spirit that something great is about to happen do we turn to the Lord praying that it will happen? If you are anything like me...I begin to celebrate. Elijah turned to the Lord in prayer. If we do find it in our hearts to pray do we pray with such persistence? Do we pray until the the prayer is finally answered or are we like Ahab, already partying because we know God will answer when he is good and ready? May we learn from Elijah and pray with fervent hearts until our prayers are answered.
As missionaries we covet your prayers. Thank you for praying for us and our ministry here.
2 comments:
Amazing! Pastor Aldon had a message on the Holy Spirit on Sunday! His Message was called 'truth exposure the Holy Spirit in a messed up world.He talked about 3 men, The Natural man the Carnal man, and the spiritual Man. Christ is the life on the throne, Self is yielding to Christ, and interests are directed by Christ, resulting in harmony with God's plan.The end of the message he asked if any wanted to receive the Holy Spirit and manny went forward.. it was a very moving service. nice family time in bed for you! God Bless you for it!
Great post Larry!
Love the picture of all of you in bed together.....and Jackson is so cute...
Thanks for sharing!
Blessings
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