So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees. 1 kings 18:42
Life point: Worship before the rain!
After announcing to Ahab what was going to happen, rain was coming Elijah went to the top of mount Carmel . There he got down on his knees with his forehead on the ground. Can’t you see him in that position? In that position of worship, Elijah sent his servant to run back and forth several times to see if it was starting.
Seven times his servant came back with a bad report, but Elijah did not get out of his worship position. Imagine how Elijah must have felt every time the report came back that nothing is happening!
But each time Elijah just said, Go again! despite the repeated negative reports, Elijah never gave up he stayed right where he was, worshipping God.
Worship strengthens our faith. Doubt could have caused Elijah to give up, but his worship kept him strong. Romans 4 tells us of another person in the Bible who had absolutely no human reason to hope.
Doubt and unbelief came against Abraham but did not defeat him, he became strong as he gave praise and glory to God.
Child of God if praise and worship worked for Abraham and Elijah, it will work for us also.
Elijah’s servant could have been saying to him , Elijah you must have missed God this time because nothing is happening, there’s not even a cloud out there. But each time Elijah refused to give up.
Finally Elijah’s servant came back and reported that he saw a cloud as small as a man’s hand.
At that word Elijah came up shouting Hallelujah! Go tell Ahab to hurry home and seek shelter because it’s beginning to rain.
When you worship God , He will send rain of His Spirit upon you and it will drown all the Ahabs and all the other resistances in your life.
Child of God take your position and praise the Lord in this new month, worshiping Him before it begins to rain in your life .
Because it’s certainly going to rain for us Amen!
Glory to the Lamb of God
Prayer:
Lord Jesus I receive the Spirit of praise and worsworshiphip for my season of the out pouring of Your Rain in my life .
