“AND ELIJAH PRAYED AGAIN…”

Elijah was a man of prayer, and he never gave up praying. When he prayed and the Heavens closed and did not give rain for 3 and half years, he did not stop praying. And when it was time for the Heavens to be re-opened again, he did not depend on the prayers he prayed 3 and half years ago, he had to pray again. It was not the prayer that stopped the rain that brought the rain; he had to pray again.

“Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six month…And he prayed AGAIN, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit” (James 5:17, 18).

The prayer you prayed 3 & half years ago may not be able to carry you for a lifetime…there is always a need to pray again, and then after that, you pray again; this is praying without ceasing. And sometimes, you just have to “remind” God about those things, not because He did not hear you or you do not have faith, but because among other things, He is a Father, and like every father, there is a delight when His children ask Him (in prayer).

There is something interesting here, and I want you to see it. It was God that told Elijah that it was time for Him (God) to send rain. Look at this, “And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth” (1 Kings 18:1). But, when Elijah finished declaring the word of God to Ahab, he (Elijah) did not go to sleep, rather he went to pray; “And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain… So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees” (1 Kings 18:41, 42). I was thinking that because God had already said He would send rain, then the rain should just come without any need of prayer…but not so, Elijah had to still pray again. The truth is that every prophecy remains hanging until a spiritual force of prayer (and other kingdom spiritual dynamics like Faith, Praise, Seeds, etc) is applied. This is God’s law of release. In Physics, Isaac Newton states that, “Every object will remain in the state of uniform motion in a straight line until it is acted upon by an external force”…meaning nothing moves unless it is moved; the same way in the spiritual, God has laws/principles that govern divine supernatural release, and one of them is Prayers. Please, do not say that since God has said it, then you don’t need to pray anymore; “pray until your joy is full”.

Prayer is anchor for faith and prophecy…you can get connected to a prophecy through prayer. Never give up praying. And if you desire a new dimension of change in your life, then setup a new dimension of prayer. Elijah prayed AGAIN!