STANDING POSITION
1 Kings 17:1-10

What position are you taking as a soldier of the Lord? Are you standing, crawling, sitting or sleeping? There is no way to operate in the Lord when you are sleeping in the place you are to be awake, crawling where you are to be walking or walking where you suppose to be running? A failure to stand is a fall from standing, in addition, a failure to stand is to be out of God’s position for your calling. The Bible describes Elijah as a man with a nature like ours and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain. It did not rain on the land for three years and six months (James 5:17). This testimony about Elijah is to be a pointer to the body of Christ to know that what Elijah did is not beyond us to do today. God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Godhasnever stopped in honoring His Word. Allthat is needed is the grace of God by taking our stand in the Word of God and God will not fail. Will you be willing to take your stand in His Word? In I kings 17:1, Elijah, the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew or rain these years, except at my word.” The stand of Elijah before God is what provoked the hand of God to honor Elijah’s request. As a believer, you claim to be on God’s side. Can you step out and tell rain not to fall? Can your mountains respond at the sound of your voice? We cannot deceive ourselves because if there is no standing in Him, for Him, or by Him, no mountain will move at the sound of your voice. Mark 16:17-18 “And these signs shall follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Despite God’s promises, the sick are being taken from the church to the hospital instead of from the hospital to the church. Nothing is wrong with the Word of God, but the ones who claim to know the Word have things wrong in them. When there is the inability to stand in the Word of God, there will be a disability to operate the Word of God. Anyone who stands in the Word will be a commander like Elijah. Determination will fail just as it failed Peter when he promised not to deny Christ. Peter did once end up denying Christ. Do not count on determination, but rather desire for His hand to help you. Pray and commit all to Him. Do you desire to be a standing army for the Lord? Make your desire a prayer point and He will deposit it in you. God is faithful!