A MEAL WITH DIFFERENCE – Sunday November 26th 2017
Memorise:
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that
meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 1st King 19:8
19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
19:2 Then
Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me,
and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to
morrow about this time.
19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
19:4 But
he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat
down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might
die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
19:6 And
he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a
cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down
again.
19:7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
19:8 And
he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat
forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
MESSAGE:
In John 21:1-13,
we have an amazing account of Jesus inviting His disciples to come and
dine of a meal He had already prepared. The Lord Jesus Christ loves good
food and He prepares the best of dishes in the whole universe. To catch
a glimpse of how these meals in Heaven will be, just take a look at the
bread and wine that is used during the Holy Communion. By the time the
Lord takes them over and they are transformed into spiritual food, the
elements of these erstwhile ordinary items will begin to do what no
ordinary meal can do in the life of those who partake of it. In today’s
Bible reading, after the mass slaughter of the prophets of Baal, Jezebel
sought to kill Elijah. He therefore fled for his life until he was so
exhausted that he lay down under a juniper tree and slept off. Open
Heavens devotional 2017, Open heavens today, Rccg Open Heaven for today
topic - 26 November 2017. Then two heaven-backed meals were set before
him and he ate them. What was the result? 1st Kings 19:8 says,
“And
he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal
forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”
That
meal provided him physical sustenance to the extent that his body
survived without food and water for 40 days and nights! Medical science
will tell you that it is impossible to live without water for three
weeks, but Elijah did this after he took heaven-baked bread! Also, that
meal revived him spiritually. The same person who was contemplating
suicide was now able to ascend the mountain of God. Depression was completely gone away from him!
Do
you know that the Holy Communion, which assumes a spiritual dimension
after the Greatest Cook touches its elements, is capable of taking care
of various sickness and diseases? Through it, you can be delivered from
every power of darkness that is holding you bound! Through it, your
debtors can be compelled to pay you what they owe you! By this Heavenly
meal, you can break the yoke of besetting sins and live righteously
before God. Through it, various impossible situations can be made
possible. How often have you availed yourself of the limitless
opportunities provided by the Holy Communion? How often do you attend a
meeting where it is served? When you attend such meetings, do you
release your faith along with your requests, or do you withhold your
faith? From today, take steps to enjoy the heavenly baked meal that is
the Holy Communion.
Action Point:
Never take the Holy Communion without prayerfully connecting it with a definite, specific request to God.
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Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye,
the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of
Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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