Pr Michael Koh
31-08-2016 (59th Merdeka Message @ Wednesday
Prayer Meeting)
1 Kings 18:41-46
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
“There is nothing there,” he said.
Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”
So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
For three years God judged Israel and there's been no rain. There was just the sound of drought.
1) Hear the sound of rain. Elijah heard the sound of rain. The originating sound of the move of God is in the Spirit. When we hear that, it becomes something great that God has in store for us. The word for us comes direct from God like a mother's milk. It's the emotion of God, the strength of God. It activates something in the spirit. It has love. Sometimes it rebukes.
2) Attitude of prayer - putting a spiritual womb, crouching like a travailing position. In the spiritual womb, God is developing lives that people are going to be saved or it could be a position or a base of operation or a place of prayer. Elijah's base of operation is he functions from the spirit. God is tuning our spiritual instincts. God begins to do amazing things. We develop a holiness, a place of intimacy. We become attentive to God and He begins to purify us. The ability to see a little bit of faith or crumbs and it becomes bigger and bigger. As we become attached to God, our mind, hearts and emotions become sensitise to God. God is developing spiritual wombs that we begin to grow in faith and feel the motion of God. We track it, connect with it and follow it.
3) The chariot is a vehicle that God uses for us to move in the spirit. Eg ministry or gift. Prepare the vehicle. Prepare the chariot.
Rain is raw power. It can destroy a lot of things.
When revival takes place and if our spiritual instincts are not in tune, we will be left out or become offended.
So prepare our chariots. God is looking for people who are able to interpret what the Holy Spirit is doing.
When revival happens, boldness takes place. A change takes place. We become more in tune with God. Let it grow. When the spiritual atmosphere is charged up, something gets activated. When we pray in the spirit, God prepares our hearts and when we see it, something gets triggered and we know how to move. The Holy Spirit causes us to run faster than the chariot.
1 Kings 18:41-46
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
“There is nothing there,” he said.
Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”
So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
For three years God judged Israel and there's been no rain. There was just the sound of drought.
1) Hear the sound of rain. Elijah heard the sound of rain. The originating sound of the move of God is in the Spirit. When we hear that, it becomes something great that God has in store for us. The word for us comes direct from God like a mother's milk. It's the emotion of God, the strength of God. It activates something in the spirit. It has love. Sometimes it rebukes.
2) Attitude of prayer - putting a spiritual womb, crouching like a travailing position. In the spiritual womb, God is developing lives that people are going to be saved or it could be a position or a base of operation or a place of prayer. Elijah's base of operation is he functions from the spirit. God is tuning our spiritual instincts. God begins to do amazing things. We develop a holiness, a place of intimacy. We become attentive to God and He begins to purify us. The ability to see a little bit of faith or crumbs and it becomes bigger and bigger. As we become attached to God, our mind, hearts and emotions become sensitise to God. God is developing spiritual wombs that we begin to grow in faith and feel the motion of God. We track it, connect with it and follow it.
3) The chariot is a vehicle that God uses for us to move in the spirit. Eg ministry or gift. Prepare the vehicle. Prepare the chariot.
Rain is raw power. It can destroy a lot of things.
When revival takes place and if our spiritual instincts are not in tune, we will be left out or become offended.
So prepare our chariots. God is looking for people who are able to interpret what the Holy Spirit is doing.
When revival happens, boldness takes place. A change takes place. We become more in tune with God. Let it grow. When the spiritual atmosphere is charged up, something gets activated. When we pray in the spirit, God prepares our hearts and when we see it, something gets triggered and we know how to move. The Holy Spirit causes us to run faster than the chariot.
