13/02/2025
THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH
St. Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
The spirit of Elijah is that dimension of the Holy Spirit that brings revival. It is the spirit of prayer , deep and intense prayer which usually end in revival. One of the major Hallmark of revival is massive repentance, people turning to God in large numbers. It was prophesied in the book of Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Malachi 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
The revival that was going to prepare the way for Jesus's manifestation was going to be heralded by John the Baptist, who will manifest that dimension of the Holy Spirit as seen in Elijah.
During the time of Ahab's Apostasy , Elijah was that prophet God used to bring the children of Isreal back to Himself. After the fire on Mount Carmel, the children of Isreal returned to God.1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. It is the spirit that has the capacity to turn the heart of the children to the father and the father to the children . That dimension of the Holy Spirit is needed again in our time. We have heard of the stories of revival like the Asuza street revival and many others . It is the manifestation of the spirit of Elijah, that dimension of the Holy spirit that was birthed in John the Baptist , during the days of John the Baptist , people were coming from all regions to meet him for repentance and baptism. He even called them brood of vipers. St. Luke 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
That dimension of the Holy Spirit can only be birthed in the womb of prayer. Elijah was a man of the mountains , a man of prayer. We live in a generation where people care less about God and more about money and pleasure. People want to see result evidence not minding the process. We need the spirit of Elijah in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large, Let the wind blow once again in our time. Let revival come, Let the Holy spirit once again move through the hearts of men for massive and genuine repentance and conversion.
James 5:17 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 months.
James 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Elijah was a man like you and I but what distinguished him was prayer , he has fears, feelings , weakness, strength just like us but he prayed. Something happen to a man when he prays, I pray that as you go into the place of Prayer , may your life be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ...