From Prophesy to
Manifestation
Elijah was a man with
a nature like ours and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did
not rain on the land for three years and six months.
And he prayed again,
and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruits. James 5:17-18.
Every prophesy or promises from God must be prayed through.
It must become flesh from the realm of the spirit to the realm of physical
manifestation.
Someone said ‘’every success in life is a prayer success’’
how true!
The genesis of the text taken above is 1 king 18:41-46 where
God’s servant Elijah had said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the
sound of abundance of rain”.
Guess what the prophet did after the declaration? he went to
pray. He did not say because God had spoken, he won’t pray. He went to pray.
Ahab the king went up to eat and drink and Elijah went up to
the top of Carmel to pray. (1kings 18:42).
Six times he sent his servant to go out and check if the
word spoken had become reality. Six times the servant came back with “No it has not happened”, but guess what?
he never stopped praying, he never stopped believing God for the Miraculous.
But the story changed the Seventh time. You see brothers and sisters, quitters
don’t win, and winners don’t quit. The servant came back with the positive
report the seventh time.
The Bible says ‘The righteous will fall seven times and rise
again’. (Proverbs 24:16).
I wonder what would have happened if the prophet had given
up after the second, third or fourth time. The prophesy and the promise of rain
from God through Elijah would not have been fulfilled at least not when it did.
The Key word here is don’t give up. You must not stop
fighting for it until it comes through.
Life is all about fighting, that’s all we do here on earth,
we fight. If you don’t fight for it you don’t get it. How bad do you really
need your needs met?
As a matter of fact, in life it is either you are waiting in
fighting or you are giving up in despair. Mathew 11:12.says…’’and from the day
of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the
violent take it by force’’ If you quit, you lose out you would not lose out in
Jesus’ Name.
In our story, Elijah did not give up. He simply refused to
give-up.
Job 14:14 says; if a man dies shall he live again? Everyday
of my hard service I will wait for my change to come.
Every
time the man of God or woman of God declares to us that it’s our year of……. Or
month of……, they are simply telling us what treasure God has deposited into our
heavenly accounts so its left for you and me to bring to the planet Earth with
our prayers and faith.
For seven times Elijah’s servant kept saying I saw nothing.
I ask you, what do you see, rain or nothing?
For seven times to you may mean for seven days or for seven
months, or for seven years, for yet another person it may be for seventeen or
more years. God has promised but it has not come through.
My advise, don’t give up. Someone has to give up, either you
or the devil, but you should not. Why shouldn’t you? Bible says greater is God
that is in you than the devil that is in the world (1 John 4:4).
In this world, it is
either you are quitting or you are holding on but how do you hold on if not in
prayers. In Luke 18- Jesus says Men (& women) always ought to pray and not
lose heart.
The visions that God has given you or your dreams would at
best remain a mirage without prayers. Another name for prayer is power, no
prayer no power, small prayers small power, big prayer big power. Every Human being including Christian
and non Christian will go through problems, as a matter of fact problems and
the way it is handled is what separate men from boys. Like Jehoshaphat in II
Chronicles 20. Problems should move us closer to God.
Bible says men ought always to pray, not men ought always to
complain, not men ought always to murmur.
Pray brethren or you will become a prey. Please’ ’PUSH’’ Pray
Until Something Happens.
If you don’t pray, you lose out completely. You will not
lose out completely in Jesus’ name.
Once God told me that the Church has gone through so much
bashing and attacks from Satan, but the church keeps growing and extending,
why? Bible tells us Jesus never stops praying and interceding for the church.
If you will not stop praying on that matter, it is a matter of time you will
laugh last.
Hear this, the decline in the growth of the so called world
powers started when prayers and Bible readings are removed from their National
programmes and their School Curriculum. Have you not heard? That the river that
forgets its source will dry up, it’s a matter of time.
Technological and Educational advancement as good and
beautiful as they are will not bind devils and put it where it belongs. Without
prayers and the word of God, Education and Technology at best will only help to
rationalize devil’s activities and get innocent people stranded forever. You
will not be stranded again in Jesus name.
Even if your back is right on the ground, as long as you
will not keep quite, you will get up.
Why do you think Fountain of Life Church and all its
affiliated outreaches are waxing great everyday in spite of all the Enemy’s
attacks? It is because amongst other things, our Senior Pastor and the entire
house will not stop praying, and the good news is God hears every time we his
children pray.
There is a Spirit of prayer today like never before. You
will catch that spirit in Jesus’ mighty name.
