September 25, 2020 Spirit Meat Devotional :- WHEN OLD INSTRUCTIONS EXPIRE – 1 Kings 17:9
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When something that has been working is no longer working, it is time for another set of instructions. However, you do not have to wait until what has been working does not work anymore. God wants to lead you every day. Therefore, a continuous relationship with Him is vital for your everyday victory. You must accurately be in step with God, not expecting Him to repeat the same instructions He gave you yesterday for today’s victory.
God’s original instruction to Elijah was to go to the brook Cherith where he was fed with bread and flesh twice daily by the ravens. He drank from the brook, but a time came when the brook dried up. Elijah could have complained, “Lord, why me? You told me to come here, and You have not failed to provide me with bread and meat all this time, but now the river is dried up. I will starve here.”
Instead of complaining, he sought God again. God had a new set of instructions this time to preserve him through a widow, and her son. The widow of Zarephath was close to starvation. She was on her last meal and was about to give up on herself and her son. Elijah’s new instruction was to go the widow and be sustained by her.
Do not complain when what has always worked fails. God has not failed you yet. Seek Him for your new direction.
PRAYER: Father, I obtain a fresh perspective today. You have not failed any man; You will not fail me. Bring me to the awareness of my new instructions. Amen.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Isaiah 45:11-48:11, Ephesians 4:1-16, Psalms 68:19-35, Proverbs 24:3-4