Streams Of Joy Daily Devotional - Face Your Knees

FACE YOUR KNEES

“...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: 42)

That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today.


While Elijah prayed for the abundance of rain, he put his face between his knees. Elijah went to pray, he went to seek God’s face and God’s intervention, he went to pray for what God would do, and he didn’t face the cloud to see if the rain was coming; he put his face between his knees. His eyes were on God and on his expectations.

Sometimes, the devil doesn’t necessarily want you to stop praying, but he wants you to keep watching your realities and circumstances as you pray. He wants you to see that your expectations from God are still unfulfilled. He wants you to see that you are still on your knees, yet without results. He wants you to focus on what is happening around you.

Friend, God says, put your face between your knees. Put your face in the direction of your expectations from God; put your face in the direction of what you want God to do for you; put your face away from the unpleasant realities around you and face the endless possibilities that God is able to make happen. Face God and look away from men.

If you focus on the bad economy, poor leadership, failed promises, poor chances for success, difficult policies/protocols, etc, you will lose sight of what God can do for you, and you may even lose patience with God. If you stay on your knees, yet looking at your environment, you may even stop praying.

Pray on with your face between your knees, look unto God, focus on Jesus, believe in what God can do above what you see around you, and like Elijah, your expectations will be fulfilled.

Psalm 20: 7 says: “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”

Pray With Me: Lord, I choose to put my face in between my knees, in Jesus’ name!

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