Date: 08-June-2024
Name: Ben Ola
Topic: POWER AS OF OLD
Content:
FIRE SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 18:20-40 (KJV)
It is good to read through today’s Fire Scripture and other passages of the Bible, so that we are reminded of the awesome power of our God, which has been of old and is still at work today, and forever shall be. This will encourage you, assure and strengthen your heart whenever the opposition threatens. If He did it at the time of Elijah, He is able to bring down fire again, even today. But you need to play your part as Elijah did, while God remains faithful on His own.
There came up the need for Elijah to make the people choose between the two opinions presented before them. The only way to prove the ultimate power was for each side to call upon the one whom they believe in. It was a divine contest in which Elijah needed to prove to the prophets of Baal and all the unbelievers around that there is a God in Israel who answers by fire when you call upon Him. Elijah was confident of his God and His power. He was not fearful, neither could he be bothered with the harassment of the Baal prophets. He remained calm and expectant of what God could do contrary to the mechanical power and manipulation of the idol (1 Kings 18: 21, 23-24).
The end of the contest was that the Baal prophets cried unto their powerless god from morning till evening but there was no response. Elijah repaired the altar and called upon the name of the Lord God, and fire fell from heaven (vs.30-38). The people had no choice but to revere the Lord God Almighty (v.39). May there be an open manifestation of God’s power to prove that God is God in your life and situation, in the name of Jesus.
To get here, there should be no compromise. Elijah stood alone for God against the 450 prophets of Baal. It is not a contest for the fearful and timid persons. You must be ready to repair your broken or ash-filled altar. Stand in awe of God and call upon His holy name with godly confidence and steadfast faith; and the fire of the Lord God of Elijah shall fall, in the name of Jesus.
Prayer Points:
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, forgive me for every sin of fear, doubt and compromise, in the name of Jesus.
2. Arise, O God; prove Your power as of old in my life, in the name of Jesus.
3. Satanic powers challenging God’s power in my life, your time is up; end, in the name of Jesus.
4. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Arise and put my enemies to shame, in the name of Jesus.
5. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Arise and let the people know and acknowledge Your power in my life, in the name of Jesus.
6. O God that answers by fire, manifest Your power in my life, in the name of Jesus.
7. Father, make my faith strong and steadfast in You to confront and conquer all opposition, in the name of Jesus.
