Refuel Now I

Saturday 12 December
READ: Matt. 14:15-23
MORE LESSON: Ezek. 38:7

Anything that is in constant use needs to be topped up or else it will finish. This includes, but is not limited to, the anointing of God upon a person. In Luke 8:46 when the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus' garment, Jesus immediately noticed and commented. That is a proof that each time Jesus ministers, there is a flow in the anointing, but the anointing upon Him is without measure. It is commendable that Jesus was sensitive enough to know that something left Him. The absence of such sensitivity has caused many church workers and ministers disastrous losses. Some work and do not realise that the anointing in them is reducing with every service until weakness begins to manifest. This is more with ministers who do not have spiritual back-up in form of prayer supporters.

Several times Paul repeatedly solicited for prayer: Brethren, pray for us 1 Thess. 5:25; Finally, brethren, pray for us…. 2Thess.3:1; Pray for us: for…. Heb13:18. Jesus, though God, never flowed in the anointing without refilling and topping up. In our reading, after the miracle of multiplying bread and fish, He refused to go into celebration. Rather, he withdrew for hours of prayer in order, to top up the anointing. (v23). In fact, He was there until about 3am in the morning (v25).

We all must learn from Jesus’ example. We must learn to pray not only before service/programme but also after. The prayer after must be as serious as the one before the programme. Praying after a service helps you to give the glory back to God, renew your strength and then begin the preparation for the next one.

A constant refilling after a programme is the secret of a greater tomorrow. This is important for the ministers/leaders of a programme as well as the co-workers. If you want your leader to last and do more, whether he asks you for prayer or not, pray for him; back him up. It is easier to pray before the programme than after. Often brethren savour the joy of victory and the sense of fulfillment. But Jesus overcame all this, and topped up after each miracle. I wish just a quarter of women who celebrated David after he killed Goliath went back to raise an altar of prayer him. If they had, his battle with Saul, occasioned by that victory, might have been avoided. Learn to refill and start the preparation for the next assignment immediately after the last one.

Prayer/Action
* Give thanks to God for being ever there to renew your strength.
* Ask God to help you to be more sensitive to the state of your spirit.
* Proclaim that you will not dry up and you will not be a spiritual disaster.
* Put your hands on your head and for the next five minutes focus on God and say, “Lord refill me now with Your Spirit”.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every area where I have experienced barrenness, famine, lack, opposition, stagnation, I command you to give way to new breakthroughs, in the name of Jesus.