REQUESTING
FOR DEATH? Friday January 15,
2016
Text:
1 Kings 19:1 – 4 Memory
verse: v 4
It is natural with man to forget easily favours
enjoyed previously when we are going through pains, trials, sickness, hardship,
suffering, persecution or temptation. I have done it severally. However, when I
do that, God will always deal with me with just few words, like the way He
humbled Elijah here. Any instrument God is using for revival will definitely
face oppositions. The person will become a lone voice and if such didn’t
receive the needed support, will opt for death or will vehemently abandon the
call. This was the case of Elijah. He might have asked, is God actually leading
me? Again, he would have questioned himself saying if God is in this matter,
why all these oppositions and threats? Moses and Jonah did similar thing (Numbers 11:15 & Jonah 4:3, 8).
It is so hard to control our impatience
in affliction. Most of us are easily quick to speak negative things. Have you
done this once? Elijah was quick to request for death. He did not ask of God first
to know if there is any way out of the problem. This is how many of us have
brought upon ourselves curses and problems. We can hardly seek the face of God
in times of afflictions, difficulties and problems. Are you sick, going through
trials, discouraged that your marriage is not working and you are now
requesting for death? All those who requested for death including myself have
been disappointed because we still have a ministry to fulfill. Beloved, it is
not over with you. There are some things God still wants to use you to
accomplish.
Food
for Thought:
When your ministry has not ended, no amount of threat, sickness or problem can
take your life.
Prayer: Lord, strengthen me as I face oppositions and problems of life.
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