TOPIC: WHY THE DELAY OF PROPHECIES?Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 50, Day 6: Friday, 16th December, 2022. TOPIC: WHY THE DELAY OF PROPHECIES? 6

41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, 

43 and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “ There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.” 

44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

When God speaks, He meant every word He pronounced. 

Is. 55:10-11,says, 

“10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 

11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Whatever God has declared is what God is about to do.

You may want to ask, why then did Jesus said, We should ask? To ask is to keep reminding God what He has declared about us. It’s to let Him know we have trust in His word. To ask means to commune with him about His prophecies.

Elijah heard God clearly, 1 Kings 18:1, that He is about to send the rain after three years of drought. When Elijah finished with the prophet of Baal, He went to the mountain to pray about what God promised. I wondered what his prayer points were, just like,

“Father, do not put me to shame. I have declared as you’ve promised, Lord, bring it to pass.” “Establish your prophecies concerning the rain.”

God’s Prophecies doesn’t give us the mind of relaxation that all is well, We need to pray it to fulfillment. Elijah prayed with instant expectation and it became real.

We need to pray as if we are yet to receive the fulfillment of God’s Prophecies. He prayed by putting his head between his knee despite being a prophet of God. Are you praying those prophecies to pass? Are you relaxed, doing nothing about the fulfilment of God’s Prophecies and wet your pillow with tears? That won’t bring it to pass, you need to start praying to remind God of those prophecies about you until they are fulfilled.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.