LET PROPHECY POWER YOUR PRAYERS- BY PASTOR ELKAN

_Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven._ – Mat 6:10

It was, admittedly, easier for Elijah to seal the skies over ancient Israel than it would be for us today. This is because he was praying for something that was meant to happen anyway.

Just before they entered Canaan, Moses had warned the Israelites: _“Be careful, or you’ll be tempted to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. The LORD will become angry with you. He’ll shut the sky so that there’ll be no rain. Then the ground won’t grow any crops, and you’ll quickly disappear from this good land the LORD is giving you.”_ (Dt 11:16-17 GW). 

Fast-forward 500 years later, and Israelites had perfected that very idolatry Moses warned against into an art. The entire landscape was littered with idols and the people had become worse than the Canaanites that they displaced. Seriously, it wouldn’t take that much prayer and fasting to ask God to seal up the heavens. Which is exactly what happened: _*“Elijah prayed that it would not rain. And it did not rain on the land for three and a half years!”*_ (Jas 5:17 ERV).

Beloved, prayer is easier when it’s for something that you already know is meant for you. Prayer becomes less of a chore and more of a Passion when it’s for a revelation or a prophecy you have received. It’s no longer a guessing game. Others may quickly give up praying when they receive no answers; but you’ll be different. You’ll be persistent and importunate: pressing and demanding night and day in the place of prayer. Why? Because you know you’re not just wishing, you know it’s _there._ You’ve seen it in your spirit and you know it’s for you.

Is this now a call to resort to spiritualism and chasing after one prophet after another for a “word from God”? No!

Rom 10:8 says, _“The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart.”_ The prophecy you need is the Scriptures as revealed to you by God’s Spirit. God has given unto us _“all things that pertain unto life and godliness”_ through the _“exceedingly great and precious promises”_ scattered throughout the Scriptures, (2Pt 1:3,4). As we dwell and meditate on God’s Word daily, He’ll open our eyes to _“know the things that are freely given to us of God,”_ (1Co 2:12).

Biblical Prayer is not an attempt to move a reluctant God, rather it’s the channel through which His will and purposes are effected in our lives. Stop praying in the dark, get to know what’s truly yours and watch how it changes your prayer life.

AMEN

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

PASTOR GREG ELKAN

-Nigeria