Context: 1 Kings 18-19

 

PRESENCE.

 

Psalms 91:1

 

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

 

1 Kings 18:15

But Elijah said, “I swear by the LORD Almighty, in whose presence I stand, that I will present myself to Ahab this very day.”

 

Prayer point 

 

Psalms 23:6

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

All the days of my life;

And I will dwell in the house of the LORD

Forever.

 

That we may dwell in His presence all the days of our lives.

 

EXPLOITS.

 

Daniel 11:32

 

But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him.

 

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.

 

1 Kings 18:32

Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

 

1 Kings 18:38-39

Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

 

 

Romans 8:19

For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

 

That we may arise to the expectation of our generation.

 

 

THE THREAT 

 

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

 

1 Kings 19:1-3

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

 

 

THE DEVIL IS AFTER YOUR LIFE & PURPOSE. 

 

John 10:10

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

 

1 Kings 19:4-5

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”

Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.”

 

1 Kings 19:7

And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

 

1 Kings 19:8

So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.

 

Prayer point 

 

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

 

That we will not die before we finish our race (assignment purpose)

 

 

THE ASSIGNMENT. 

 

• Your assignment can only be sustained in the secret place. 

 

1 Kings 19:11-12

 

Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

 

1 Kings 19:15-17

Then the LORD said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

 

Prayer point:

To receive a fresh assignment.