Acquiring Fire I

Text: Hab.2:3
MORE LESSONS: Obadiah 1:17-18
Bible Reading in one Year: Daniel 10-12

I remember that the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa used to say , I can acquire what I desire if I perspire and do not retire. And then one man of God added, ...if only I can refire. So say to yourself, I can acquire what I desire if I perspire and do not retire, but refire. I love the saying because it encourages one to keep on doing something until one gets result. Don't say never; just keep firing. Don't retire, just insist until something happens.

A lot of people go to bed after they have tried and waited on the Lord, fasted and prayed and it looks as if what they are looking for is not forth coming; they retire into sleep and tiredness. They stop praying; in fact sometimes when they announce a fast they ignore the announcement. Don’t be tired of praying, And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint: Lk. 18:1.

Y our problem is not what God can’t do, your retiring is your trouble; beloved, refire! The promises in today’s first scripture are promises that can be achieved if only you understand what the requirement is. The promise is that on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, there shall be holiness, the house of Jacob shall possess their possession, but then it goes ahead in verse 18 to tell us how the house of Jacob will possess their possession.

The first question we need to ask is, What is the property or estate that the house of Jacob need to possess? The first possession of the house of Jacob is the covenant, And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed: Gen.12:1. This verse spells God’s determination to bless Abraham. When Abraham was dying God had not fully fulfilled that promise, so Abraham handed over to Isaac for the continuity of the fulfilment of the promise in him. Isaac handed the same promise to Jacob and Jacob to Joseph. Obadiah 1:18 says for that promise to be possessed by the patriarchs, Jacob must become a fire and Joseph a flame, while Essau, an enemy of the promise, shall become dry grass.

Taking possession is made easy by the fire in Jacob and Joseph consuming the grass, that is, the enemy of the covenant. Today, I declare all the enemies of your promise dry grass and command your fire to consume them, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Command that every covenant promise for your life step up to fulfilment from today.
* Ask that every obstacle working against your fulfilment in life be destroyed by fire.
* Ask God to rekindle the Holy Ghost fire and righteousness in your life.