FAITH CAPSULE: Are you sure the Lord is asking you to go and hide or is He asking you to go ahead?

Acts 9 

Are you called by God’s precise word or you are called by self? The Bible says, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5:24) It does not matter who you are; where you are; what you have done or what you are doing in the Lord. If He did not call you precisely, you will be deflated like a balloon at God’s appointed time. If He has not placed, you on a hide-out ground you will be exposed and be on your own.
Once, Elijah approached King Ahab and prayed to cause rain to cease. After his prayer, “Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.  And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” (1 Samuel 17:2-4) What God says do is a done deal. The whole land suffered from the drought because of Elijah’s prayer, but Elijah did not suffer, he was backed up by God. God commanded him to go into hiding where provision is least expected. Elijah obeyed God’s command and lack or exposed him into hunger in God’s calling over his life.
Are you sure the Lord is asking you to go and hide or is He asking you to go ahead? Are you running when He has not called you to run? Are you walking where the Lord did not call you to walk? When He has not called, you to run and you do, you will be replaced. Running or walking where He has not commanded will be short of strength that is rooted in God’s powered word. The book of Isaiah 40:31 document what it takes to run or walk with strength, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” God’s word is always precise; His word is perfect to perform. He constantly and consistently honors His word. Can you wait on God for a precise direction?
Those who know to wait will not waste.
Jesus called Ananias in a vision to go and baptize Saul at the time Saul was persecuting disciples. Ananias responded to Jesus, “…Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” (Acts 9:13-14) Jesus gave Ananias word of strength stating, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.” (Acts 9:15-16) Ananias went and delivered as commanded because he waited on God for a precise direction. With God’s precise direction failing, falling or faltering is not possible.

Prayer for today: Ask God to open the eyes and the ears of your heart.