DRAMA MINISTERS YEAR OF GREAT THINGS DRAMA MINISTERS 40 DAYS PRAYERS AND FASTING - DAY 16 (January 1 - February 9, 2015) MYSTERIES OF THE COMMANDERS COMMANDS 1 Kings 17:2-4, 7-9 NKJV [2] Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, [3] Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. [4] And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. [7] And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. The Lord spoke to Elijah to go and hide by the brook of Cherith and drink water there and eat there from the food supplied by the ravens, and Elijah obeyed the voice of the Lord and went to Cherith Brook. The obedience worked for him for a while till he discovered that he brook was drying up rapidly and eventually became a mere empty valley. The water was dried and definitely, the ravens also stopped bringing the regular food. I dont know how many days or hours Elijah spent wondering why the river dried up. He had obeyed the Lord, but had encountered some problems along the way...the river dried up. Luke 8:22-23 NKJV [22] Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they launched out. [23] But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. In another instance, the Lord Jesus had commanded the disciples to go to the other side of the sea in a boat. And as they were sailing, a terrible storm arose over the sea and they were in jeopardy as the storm was splashing water into the boat and was about to sink it. They had obeyed the Lord, and they too had encountered a problem that threathened their life....there was deadly storm along the voyage. Judges 20:18-21, 23 NKJV [18] Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin? The LORD said, Judah first! [19] So the children of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. [20] And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel put themselves in battle array to fight against them at Gibeah. [21] Then the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day cut down to the ground twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites. [23] Then the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I again draw near for battle against the children of my brother Benjamin? And the LORD said, Go up against him. [25] So the children of Israel approached the children of Benjamin on the second day. [25] And Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah on the second day, and cut down to the ground eighteen thousand more of the children of Israel; all these drew the sword. [26] Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. How do you explain this mystery? They did not go on their own accord, they asked Him for permission, and He gave it, and they went to the war and got defeated massively, losing 22,000 soldiers the first time. They encouraged themselves again and appraoched the Lord for permission to go and fight the Benjamintes, the Lord gave them the permission expressly. They went to war and lose again, getting 18,000 of their soldiers killed in the war front. They sought the Lords face before moving. Yet they encountered terrible problems. What is your take on this? What would you do in this situation? What can this possibly mean? What can you say to this? What do you understand by this complexity? WRITE YOUR OWN COMMENT or your own understanding about these negative instances at Gods Command. MIKE BAMILOYE
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:26:42 +0000
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