(3) Pray persistently, believing God will keep His Word. God will do what He says if you follow the simple steps Elijah practiced: (1) Believe the promise. Yet His conditions are an integral part of many of His promises-and He expects us to fulfill them. Often we claim God’s promises without checking the conditions. It hadn’t rained in three-and-a-half years, but Elijah fulfilled God’s condition and the desperately needed rains came.
Ahab ate and drank, and Elijah, atop Carmel, fell on his face in prayer. After Elijah’s confrontation with Baal’s prophets on Mount Carmel, he told King Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain” (1 Kings 18:41 NIV). If God has spoken it, He will do it! But there’s one qualifier: if He’s decreed a condition, you must fulfill it in order to receive His promise. “You have magnified Your word above all Your name” (Psalm 138:2 NKJV). Pray and He will reveal it to you.įriends may fail to keep their promise to you, but not God! He has put His reputation on the line by promising to perform every word that He’s spoken. But here’s a promise you can stand on: “He makes everything work out according to his plan” (v. You say, “But things aren’t working out too well for me right now.” We all have times like that. Your life’s purpose has already been determined by the greatest mind and the kindest heart in the universe: the mind and heart of God. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone” (Ephesians 1:11-12 TM). Self-help gurus tell us, “Look inside yourself, and you’ll find the key!” But how can you uncover the plot for your life by simply examining your life? You’ll have more luck following “the yellow brick road”! No, “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. And as you start walking in it your joy and fulfillment knows no bounds. Once that happens you discover your life’s purpose. And the first and foremost relationship you must establish is with God. Solomon discovered that a fulfilling life can only be built on two things: relationships and purpose. Yet amazingly he begins the Book of Ecclesiastes with these words: “Everything is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 1:2 NLT). He was the world’s wealthiest man, as well as one of the most famous. You can be successful yet still feel empty inside.
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