Context: 1 Kings 18-19

 

1 Kings 19:6-7

Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. 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.”

 

SEEK HIS 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.

 

 

YOU ARE CALLED FOR EXPLOITS.

 

Daniel 11:32

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

 

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!”

 

Prayer point 

 

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 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.

 

1 Peter 5:8

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

 

 

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.

 

• The devil is after your life and assignment/purpose.

• As long as your on your assignment you are the enemies target.

• The Lord will keep you in all your ways. Psalms 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.

• The lord will lift up a stand against the devil. Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

 

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. 

 

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.

 

 

 

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

• You have a specific assignment that is linked to God’s grand plan for your generation.

• The assignment can only unfold as you keep on the present assignment. 

• Every season is governed by revelation (the unveiled assignment/direction).

 

Prayer point:

 

Lord let me receive a fresh assignment for my life in every season.

 

Isaiah 40:30-31

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall,

But those who wait on the LORD

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint.

 

 

1. Supernatural strength to build capacity.

2. Supernatural transportation for acceleration.

3. Supernatural advancement.

4. Supernatural wisdom.