HIS VOICE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WEDNESDAY, 30TH AUGUST 2023
TOPIC: REFUSE WEARINESS IN PRAYER
TEXT: 1KINGS 18:41
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. KJV
Just as Elijah received God’s instruction to send rain, he boldly decreed before the King that there is a sound of abundance of rain even before it manifested physically. It is important that we believe the word of God beyond what is happening before us and what we see with our natural eyes. Prayer is an act of faith, thus it takes a man convicted by faith in God’s word to pray earnestly.
The beautiful part of Elijah’s trust in the word of God was seen in his action afterwards. After he declared to the King a sound of abundance of rain, Elijah, went up and prayed for that which the Lord had declared that he will do.
Just as we learned yesterday, God said it so that we will pray. He only revealed his intention that we might give room for its manifestation as we pray. Let’s learn for how Elijah prayed:
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, there is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 1 Kings 18:42-43 KJV
Elijah took a very distinct position in prayer, putting his face in-between his knees. This doesn’t seems like a gentle and mild manner of prayer to me. Elijah proved to have learnt how to pray in times like this. Break out of gentle and mindless manner of praying. Throw yourself outrightly before God and learn to pray with all sincerity.
The rain didn’t come up, not until Elijah tarried in the place of prayer, putting his head in between his knees consistently for a while. By the seventh time which he asked his servant to go and check for a handful of gathered cloud, his prayer gave room for God’s will to prevail in the earth. By now, you should know that praying once and giving up is not God’s will for you. Weariness or tiredness is not God’s will for you in prayer. Don’t give up until you see the handful of cloud gathered in the sky. Wrestle in prayer, it’s like a woman in labour. Learn to travail till your desires are met.
PRAYER
Thank you Father for you hear and answers prayer. In this I rejoice and give you all the glory. I receive strength to pray and not get tired or weary as you bare me up by the power of your Spirit. I travail in prayer by the strength of the Holy Spirit, I am not alone for God is with me as a mighty terrible one in Jesus’ name. Amen
Written by: Mopelola Oyeniran
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