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God’s Unnoticed Provision (1 Kings 17)

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1 Kings 17:24 says:

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

After Elijah had witnessed her son raised from the dead, the women explained that NOW she knew Elijah was a man of God.

However, what we don’t see in this verse is that immediately before this, Elijah had been used by God to feed her family miraculously on the last drops of oil and flour in her house.

The miracle of the resurrection was noticed, but the miracle of provision was overlooked.

It strikes me that often we put miracles into our own ranking order or hierarchy. We have REAL miracles for which we have no other answer but God. These are REAL miracles, and then we have lesser miracles for which we’re not really sure if they are miracles at all. Perhaps they are coincidences. Perhaps they are some of other fortunate sequence of events.

When we read of the miracle of provision in the life of the widow and Elijah (1 Kings 17:8-16) there can be no doubting it’s divine source. Before us in black and white it is clear.

But how often have we rationalized, explained away, and talked down a miracle of provision in our own lives?

Like the widow, we need to acknowledge the supernatural work of God in our lives. But we need to do it with all miracles, not just the big ones.

PRAYER: Father, thank you you are miracle working God! I ask you for eyes to see all that you are doing around me. Increase my faith, in Jesus name, Amen.

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The Benefits of a Wholly Devoted Heart (1 Kings 8)

Heart

1 Kings 8:61 says:

Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

God is looking for disciples whose hearts are wholly devoted to Him.

Too often in the modern church, we convert people to the name of Christ and neglect making wholly devoted disciples of Jesus.
Too often we start strong and finish poorly, as our hearts are woo-ed by other interests and desires.
Too often we find Christians sitting in church services but whose hearts are somewhere else because they are separated from their first love.

God wants people whose hearts are wholly devoted to Him.

And he tells us what you can expect IF you give your heart completely over to Him in the verses preceding this one (1 Kings 8:57-60):

1. LIVE IN GOD’S REST

56 “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel

A fully committed heart to God enables you to live in the REST of God. A divided heart creates a tired, weary life. It is unnecessarily complex. Jesus said “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

2. KNOW GOD’S PRESENCE IS WITH YOU

57 May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us

If your heart is fully committed to someone or something, you become very attentive to them / it. So it is with God. When we wholly devote our affections and desires to Him, we become acutely aware of His presence. And that He will never leave or forsake us.

3. SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no one else.

The Lord desires a people in the earth that He can point to as those that reflect the character of God in creation. A people wholly devoted to God is God’s advertisement to rest of His creation – I love you and want you to call my own! Harvest happens with wholly devoted hearts.

PRAYER: Father, I recommit my heart and my way to you. I love you and ask you to take all of me for your glory. In Jesus name, Amen.

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Meeting Us Where We Are At (1 Kings 3)

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1 Kings Chapter 3 verse 5 says:

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

God will meet you where you are.

Solomon was in Gibeon when he encountered God here. What was he doing in Gibeon? He was offering sacrifices to idols. He was in outright sin and rebellion. And yet God met Him there.

God is not intimidated or threatened by your sin. It grieves Him, but His arm is not too short to reach out to you, even when you’re in the midst of the pigsty of sin.

It was in this context that God clearly appears to Solomon and says, “Ask me for anything. And I will give it to you”.

This is the grand-daddy blank cheque of all prayer. God says, name it, it’s yours!

Now remember that Solomon is offering sacrifices to idols. He is not in a “good place”. His heart is inclining towards all sorts of sin and folly.

Doesn’t it say something about the ways of God, that this is how He would encounter Solomon? God is not one who is afraid to take risks!

But what I love is that Solomon’s answer (verse 9) – wisdom to lead the people well – pleased God. Solomon, in spite of his sin and in spite of where he was, got the answer “right”.

In a single moment Solomon went from the basement of debauchery to the threshold of stepping into his destiny in God. Wow. It’s not how we would lay the story out. But it is how God chose to. What an amazing portrait of the grace of God!

Wherever you are, you are not too far from God. God is just a prayer away and an encounter away from stepping out mess you’re in and getting right back on track with your future in God.

PRAYER: Father, forgive me for my folly. Cleanse me and meet with me. I want to realign myself with your Word and purpose for my life. Thank you for your Grace, in Jesus name, Amen.

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