No dry Day

Saturday 25 November
READ: Jer.17:7-8    
MORE LESSONS: 1 Kings 17: 1-16

Elijah was a man very zealous for the Lord. When Israel forsook the way of the Lord and turned to idols, He single-handedly declared drought upon the nation, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, but according to my word:1 Kings 17: 1. When there is no rain and dew, the plants cannot thrive and famine sets in. So Elijah triggered a national famine. Did Elijah overlook the fact that if Israel experienced famine, he would partake of it? Did he forget that if there was no food in the nation, there would be no food for him as well? No, Elijah knew but he understood something that we need to understand today, The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied: Psa. 37:18-19. As it turned out, Elijah was fed throughout the period of famine.

You need to get to the point where you sincerely know that rain or no rain, God can take care of you. Salary or no salary, connection or no connection, job or no job, He can ceaselessly supply your needs. In Elijah's case, God led him to the brook Cherith and sent ravens to bring him food daily. But it was not the brook and the ravens that were the source of his provision, it was God. So when the brook dried up, God the source of the supply opened another channel. Next time a man
closes a door on you, don't run helter-skelter; God is your source and He will open another means.

God sent Elijah to a widow in Zarephath and did a miracle so that the cruise of oil in the widow’s house did not dry throughout the famine. There was famine in the land but they didn't know a single dry day; that shall be your portion, in Jesus’ name. You need to know how this happened to Elijah so that you could apply it to your life. As earlier said, Elijah was zealous for God, he was a God-addict. He didn't start seeking God because of the famine, he had been irrevocably committed to God. It is possible to experience surplus and abundance no matter the economic problems in your nation, but you must be relentlessly committed to God. Secondly, Elijah's trust was not in the rain, brook, ravens or the widow; he understood that these were just channels. His trust was in God. As you trust God with all your heart, you will not experience a dry moment anymore, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to give you exceptional portion no matter the prevalent evil in the nation, in the mighty name of Jesus.
* Declare that your provision shall not stop even in the time of famine, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask God to help you trust Him in every situation, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I am a servant of the kingdom of God; I shall not serve the devil, sin or the world, in the mighty name of Jesus.