Touched By God

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 1 Kings 19:5

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: When God touches you, strength is impacted to face the future...

When a person experiences the touch of God, they connect to the Power of God. The Bible in our anchor text says that the Lord touched him (Elijah), and you know of the exploits of Elijah. So, a man or woman touched by God must touch their world. When God touches you, you must touch or impact your world. The touch of God is the secret of impact with God. Therefore, the scarcity of people of impact is because of the shortage of people touched by God. The scarcity of people of spiritual impact in our world is also due to the shortage of people that have been touched by God. We have some examples in the Bible of people touched by God. One of such people was Elijah. In 1 Kings 19:5 when he fled from Jezebel, he lay under a juniper tree and was touched by God. He rose, ate and went in the strength of that meat for forty days. Therefore, when God touches you, strength is impacted to face the future.

Another example of people touched by God is Isaiah. In the book of Isaiah 6:1-7, Isaiah was already prophesying (though with unclean lips). Then he saw the vision of God in the year that Uzziah died, and he sentenced himself when he said ‘Woe is me for I am an unclean man’ (Isa. 6:5). He received the touch of God, his tongue was cleansed and he was strengthened. You see, the touch of God handles the weakness and shortcomings of man. That shall be your testimony, in Jesus’ Name.

ASSIGNMENT (S):
1. Desperately desire the touch of God upon your life on a consistent basis.

PRAYER: Lord, I ask for Your touch to swallow up every shortcoming and failure in my life, in Jesus’ Name.

DAILY READING: MORNING: Ex. 2: 11 – 3:22; Mt. 17:1027 EVENING: Ps. 22:19-31; Prov. 5: 7 – 14

QUOTE: You were created to stand out; not to die out. You were not redeemed to be lost in the crowd. Culled from BE WISE AND RISE by Dr Paul Enenche.

Extract From: Seeds of Destiny, 26/01/2015.