Tuesday July 25th, 2023
Meditate on: James 4:3 CSB
« You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. »
Read: 1 Kings 2:13-24 GNT
13 Then Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, went to Bathsheba, who was Solomon’s mother. “Is this a friendly visit?” she asked. “It is,” he answered,
14 and then he added, “I have something to ask of you.” “What is it?” she asked.
15 He answered, “You know that I should have become king and that everyone in Israel expected it. But it happened differently, and my brother became king because it was the Lord’s will.
16 And now I have one request to make; please do not refuse me.” “What is it?” Bathsheba asked.
17 He answered, “Please ask King Solomon—I know he won’t refuse you—to let me have Abishag, the young woman from Shunem, as my wife.”
18 “Very well,” she answered. “I will speak to the king for you.”
19 So Bathsheba went to the king to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king stood up to greet his mother and bowed to her. Then he sat on his throne and had another one brought in on which she sat at his right.
20 She said, “I have a small favor to ask of you; please do not refuse me.” “What is it, mother?” he asked. “I will not refuse you.”
21 She answered, “Let your brother Adonijah have Abishag as his wife.”
22 “Why do you ask me to give Abishag to him?” the king asked. “You might as well ask me to give him the throne too. After all, he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab are on his side!”
23 Then Solomon made a solemn promise in the Lord’s name, “May God strike me dead if I don’t make Adonijah pay with his life for asking this!
24 The Lord has firmly established me on the throne of my father David; he has kept his promise and given the kingdom to me and my descendants. I swear by the living Lord that Adonijah will die this very day!”
Understand
Prayer is a special medium, a divine frequency by which Christians communicate with God.
It is also a very powerful weapon of spiritual warfare.
Prayer is well recognized as a means of walking with the Almighty God.
Meanwhile, walking is a kind of journey, and while there are many kinds, there is none more blessed and productive than a prayer journey.
Simple prayers offered by individuals or groups of people were responsible for many of the great miracles and moves of God in different parts of the world as seen in history.
Today’s Bible passage shows that we could desire something even to the point of killing for it.
However, fighting a war does not guarantee our getting what we desire; the only guarantee is prayer.
Access to the prayer requests of individuals may betray their innermost desires, lusts, and personal ambitions.
Every Christian must critically watch and tailor his/her prayer request in line with the word of God.
According to the memory verse also, one major reason for unanswered prayer is the basis of human lusts. 1 John 5:14 GWT
« We are confident that God listens to us if we ask for anything that has His approval. »
Today, the fruit and gifts of the Spirit are only evident in the lives of very few Christians.
Many genuinely born-again Christians, though not living a sinful life, are cold and operating far below Heavens expectations for various reasons.
We need a revival in the Church, from the very top to the least member!
I pray that God will revive His Church again, break through our self-centered daily routines, and fill us with the fire of revival as of old, in the mighty name of Jesus.
What do your prayer requests reveal about you?
Prayer point: Father, please kindle my fire of prayer and guide me to pray in Your will always, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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