TEXT 2 KINGS 1:8-10
TOPIC : IDENTITY AND PREDESTINATION
[8]And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
[9]Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
[10]And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
Dearly beloved, Elijah took the greatest risk of his life when he told the captain of fifty, *"If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty."*
And fire fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
Just imagine that fire didn't come.
Elijah's case would have been worse than that of John the Baptist.
When Elijah said, if I be a man of God, he was simply affirming who he was.
He was not in doubt who he was.
He was in order words saying, that if fire does not come, know that I am not a man of God.
However if fire did not come, his head would have been roasted by the captain of fifty.
Lack of personal identity is the result of a fireless life.
A fireless life will be bereft of signs and wonders.
You would at best be a pretender, you could claim to be a healer but you would be hiding in the night to rush your family members to hospital.
A fireless man would only end up a dramatist and a motivational speaker.
In his quiet times, he wonders if the scripture is really true.
You would be hiding under the identity of others to be heard.
The bitter truth is that until you understand your identity, your voice will not be heard.
Hearing your voice is the result of a commandment from Heaven.
Concerning Jesus the son of God, this command came in the book of Luke 9:35.
"And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him."
Beloved, the world is waiting for your identity so you can manifest.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
1 Chronicles 20,21.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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