- Pastor E. A. Adeboye at RCCG Special Sunday Service. Going Higher (Part 11)
1 Kings 17:7-9
What happens when you are in a place of obedience and suddenly, trouble comes? Because it was God who told Elijah to go to the Brook of Cherith, drink the water there and all of a sudden, the Brook dried up.
It was God who told Paul through a vision to go to Macedonia and help. He arrived, preached, cast out demons and landed in jail. What do you do when you are in a place of obedience and trouble comes?
The Brook dried up as a result of no rain, Elijah was the one who prayed for no rain. He caused the trouble. Anyone who wants to go higher must learn some very serious lessons before going higher. Many of these lessons are to be learnt from the Brook dried up.
Ecclesiastes 8:4, the higher you go, the more powerful your words will become.
- Be careful of what you pray. Whether you believe it or not, God hears prayers. Psalms 65:2. Every prayer you pray, God hears. He will hear you today.
Not only does He hear prayers, He answers prayers. Jeremiah 33:3. He answers His children’s prayers Job 22:28
2 Kings 5:20-27 (the story of Naaman’s leprosy)
Listen to me children of God because I know you are going higher, watch your temper because whatever you say will begin to carry power.
- Beware of what you say even when you say it casually. It is dangerous for a man who wants to grow spiritually to be a talkative. Learn to keep your mouth shut, don’t be a talkative. Matthew 12:36
Numbers 14:28
Isaiah 65:24 - Be careful what you vow. When you make a vow, you are talking to God and He hears.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
If you make a vow, don’t delay, pay.
Psalms 50:14-15
I pray God will give you the grace to pay every vow you have ever vowed to Him. - Be careful of what you think because He knows even your thoughts. Mark 2:1-12
It is essential for everyone who wants to go higher to have pure thoughts.
Proverbs 22:7
Proverbs 20:27
1 Samuel 2:3
Job 3:25, Job made a statement that ‘the things I feared has happened to me’. Don’t be afraid, tell the Almighty God, ‘I am not afraid’ let that be your thought. What you think may affect the future.
As soon as the Brook dried up, God spoke to Elijah and said ‘Arise’.
In 1 Kings 17:2-3, God said ‘Get thee hence’. Arise here means automatically move to a higher level.
John 5:2-9
In the name that is above every other name, arise out of sickness.
Mark 2:1-12, Those of you who have been living your life depending on others, today I say to you, arise!
Mark 5:35-43, Arise can also mean move from death to life.
Luke 7:11-16, Arise can also mean cease to be a source of sorrow.
I am saying to somebody today, out of death arise! Out of being a source of sorrow become a source of joy, arise!
Are you willing to pray a prayer today that will move you to a higher level even if it is going to cause some discomfort. Elijah prayed and then the Brook dried up but from the Brook dried up, he began to arise.
2 Kings 2:9-15, Elisha prayed a dangerous prayer and God granted his request. By the time we got to 2 Kings 6:8-23 we discovered that the higher you go, the greater might be the challenges. Are you still willing to say God lift me higher?
Those who are yet to surrender to Jesus Christ, God is saying come out of sin and come to salvation. Arise! Everyone who is not sure of salvation and wants to arise, bow your head and cry to Jesus Christ and say save my soul. Those of us who are already children of the Almighty God, intercede for these new converts.
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