BEFORE YOU ASK
Memorise: And it shall come
to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking,
I will hear. Isaiah 65:24
In 1 King 18:30-45, it was after Elijah built a new
altar to the Lord that he heard the sound of imminent heavy rain which did
fall. This implies that after a new altar has been raised to the Lord, you will
begin to hear the sound of abundance of rain. God wants to bless you but for
most people, the present altar cannot take it because it is in a state of
disrepair. The repair of the altar must precede the much awaited breakthrough.
You must do something about the state of God’s altar if you want to operate at
a higher level of anointing. If you leave the altar the way it is, it shows you
do not want to make progress. Ephesians 3:20 makes it clear that God can do far
beyond our request. If you build a new altar for God, even before you ask, He
would have answered you.
During Christmas time many years ago, my youngest boy,
my driver and I went out evangelism outreach programme tagged:
Lets-Go-A-Fishing. When we got to the venue of the outreach programme, we saw a
notice board which read: ‘Turkey
for sale’. I said to myself, “Since I was born, I have never had turkey for
Christmas”. I waved off the thought as we went on to fish for souls. By the
time we got back home, three turkeys were waiting for me. On getting to the
headquarters of our church at Ebute Metta (Lagos) that Sunday, I shared the testimony
and quickly added jokingly that the testimony was not an invitation to them to
come for lunch at my place. Before I arrived home that day, several other
turkeys had joined the three. This might be nothing to those who kill cow or
more for Christmas, but it was significant for me. The point is that if you
please God a hundred percent, before you ask for one thing, you will get
ten. Before you open your mount, he
would have heard and responded. What is the state of the altar you have made to
God? If you fix God’s altar, He will fix your problems. If you fix God’s altar,
you will be fixed.
Key Point
When a man’s way pleases the
Lord, He gives Him beyond his request and sometimes answer him even before he
asks.
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