Friday June 26th, 2026
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13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 He replied again, “I have zealously served the Lord God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”
15 Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.
16 Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.
17 Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!
18 Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”
In our Bible reading for today, you will see that God told Elijah to anoint three people to replace him.
This is because you can see pride in Elijah’s response when he says, “And I, even I only, am left…”.
There is only one “I AM” and that is God Himself, Exodus 3:14.
This is why, when Jesus Christ called Himself ‘I AM’ in John 8:58-59, the Jews were furious that He compared Himself to God.
Of course, at that time, they did not know about John 1:1 and 14,
- which says Jesus is God who became flesh and dwelt amongst us.
The name I AM must be reserved for God and God alone.
When you search the Scriptures, you would discover that the words ‘I’, ‘me’, ‘my’, ‘mine’ are the languages of pride.
That was the language of Satan in Isaiah 14:12-15.
When you find someone always saying ‘I’, ‘my’, you know you are most likely dealing with a proud individual.
Beware of this because the higher you go, the greater the risk of you saying ‘I’, ‘my’, ‘me’ all the time.
We see an example in the strong and anointed man of God called Samson.
In Judges 15:14-16, where the power of God came upon him and he killed thousands of soldiers with a jaw bone,
he said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men”.
There was no, “Thank You, Lord” to the One who sent down the power;
it was all about himself.
Even when God had clearly restored his strength in Judges 16:25-28,
when the enemies had caught him and plucked out his eyes and he wanted to pray just one more prayer before dying, what did he say ? Judges 16:28NKJV
« Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” »
It was about him all the way.
That is why, as strong and anointed as he was, he fell so low that he ended up blind and grinding corn for his enemies before dying with them.
Application – Beware of pride because it can make you fall so low that your enemies would begin to rejoice over you.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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