MONDAY - 16TH AUGUST, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
GOD REJOICES AT IMPEDIMENTS
READ 1 Kings 18:21-39
1 Kings 18:38,KJV
"Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench."
While man avoid impediments knowing it hinders or limit him; God rejoices when there are impediments on His own way. He even seek for one which He can glory over.
Elijah at the time of sacrifice did something that I considered out of tune. Apart from the fact that the animal offered is wet with blood (making it difficult to be consumed), Elijah requested that water should be poured on the sacrifice until it flows around the altar without leaving the trench out. That is, the wood, meat etc were all very much soaked and were dripping with water.
Hope this isn't an exercise of pride? The sacrifice is very wet, yet you're making it more difficult to be burnt or consumed by fire by pouring over and over on it water.
I Kings 18:33-34,KJV
"...Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time."
Did you see that an impediment is created for fire to consume the sacrifice, wood and all associated with it? That is an impediment. Why would Elijah request they pour not even water once on this sacrifice? He wanted to register in the minds of the people how mighty God is. He wanted to proof a point that God not only consumes sacrifice that are free of such impediments but ones that have strong impediments like this one woven around it.
What happen when fire came down on the sacrifice? The Bible recorded astoundingly that the water was licked. Naturally, it is water that could overpower fire. Now, it is the fire overpowering what it shouldn't have overpowered. More so, the overpowering was described with a sense as if the fire has a mouth with which it licked to dryness the water.
Did you see the so many impediments the fire consumed? It didn't exclude the stones. Nothing could withstand it.
That's a lesson we have to learn about the will of God. The will of God is like a big train moving at a great speed. It is not afraid of anything before it. If there are irons, stones or what have you in its track, it is still not afraid. The train can't be hindered. It will grind or knock it all out of its way to pass. So also, the will of God is a grinder and a knocker off of hindrances in its passage. This is why you must not be found standing against what the Lord has authored and He is set doing at one time or the other. If you decide to become a constraint to the fulfillment of what God has determined, you become grinded to fine dust like a grinder blends things to fine dust.
What is the testimony of the people afterwards? "The Lord, he is the God" That's what they were chorusing. That left them in awe. They were astounded at what manner of God this is that consumed the sacrifice with all the impediments that surrounds it about.
God is not afraid of the difficulties in your life. He is even looking for challenges to exercise His authority over. When problems see God, they gravitate towards Him because God is their bulldozer. Today, the impediments in your life and path are consumed by God's fire.
PRAYER: Lord God, glory over the impediments that besets my life round about.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezra 7:1-8:20, 1 Corinthians 4:1-21, Psalm 30:1-12, Proverbs 20:28-30
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