But I’ve seen what I’m sharing inspire hundreds of people. The security of those things keeps them from taking a step of faith because they don’t see how God is going to provide. The Lord gives them a word and tells them to come to Bible college, but they struggle with it because they’ve got good paying jobs, nice houses, families, and friends they don’t want to leave. Likewise, God is meeting all of your needs-He’s sending His supply to where He told you to be.Īnother great example of this is with our prospective Bible college students. If he doesn’t do that, he’ll miss the receiver. ![]() A quarterback doesn’t throw the ball to where the receiver is he throws it to where the receiver should be. I played football in high school, and what I’m talking about is similar to how a quarterback throws a football to a wide receiver. This isn’t intended to hurt or condemn anyone, because I know that some of you are thinking, Maybe that’s why things aren’t working in my life-I haven’t been obedient to what God told me to do! Well…that’s absolutely correct! It’s not that God won’t bless you because you haven’t obeyed Him it’s that His blessing is over “there”! If the reason you won’t step out is because you’ve got some form of “security” but you’re miserable and things are just going wrong, I encourage you to do what God told you to do. I had to go “there.” I don’t believe God just makes things come to pass it takes cooperation on our part. But if I hadn’t obeyed, stepped out, and done what He told me to do, God still would have provided, but I would have missed out on it. I believe He has great things planned for me, things earmarked for me that have my name on them. I believe God has a plan for my life and that He chose me from my mother’s womb and ordained me to be a prophet and to minister. God loves us independent of our performance-that’s absolutely true! But does this mean obeying Him is unimportant Just the opposite. I talk about how God’s grace is how He provides things and that it’s not based on our obedience or holiness. Now, this is an important point because I preach on the grace of God a lot. We’re somewhere other than where He told us to be. We’ve got a word from God that we haven’t acted on. One of the reasons we aren’t seeing a greater provision from God financially, emotionally, or in our circumstances is because we aren’t doing what God told us to do. In other words, if Elijah had stayed where he was, he could have prayed and fasted, saying, “God, why haven’t You supplied my needs” But he wouldn’t have seen God’s provision if he hadn’t gone where God instructed. So went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.(Brackets mine) In verse 4, God said, “I have commanded the ravens,” (emphasis mine), meaning He had already spoken to these ravens and they were on their way to where Elijah was supposed to go. God is sending the provision for your needs not to where you are but to where He told you to go! The question is, “Are you all ‘there’” Some of you aren’t experiencing supernatural provision because you aren’t “there.” There is a place called “there” for you. How do I know all these things are going work out” This principle in 1 Kings applies directly to your situation. You’re saying, “God, I can’t do what You’re asking without first seeing the provision. You want to do it, but you’re holding back because the provision isn’t there yet. ![]() Maybe you’re supposed to start a new business, make a job change, move to another town, go to Bible college, speak to a person, etc. ![]() Some of you have an impression from God to do something. ![]() And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.Įlijah’s provision wasn’t where he was it was where God told him to go! This is profound! This is so simple that once you see it, you’re going to wonder how you never saw it before.Īnd the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. Once I saw what it was really saying, it linked many other truths together and made a big impact on my life. One of the most important things the Lord has ever spoken to me is taken from a passage of Scripture involving Elijah the prophet.
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