Be Aware I

Ps.104:3 “You lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind. 4 The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants”

2 Kings 6:15 “When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha. Elisha said something very significant. 2 Kings 6:16 “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” [with emphasis]. If I were that man I would have said, “Sir, it is just you and me standing here and the armies outside are in their hundreds. How can you say there are more on our side?”

Elisha discovered that the issue was that there was something he knew that the young man did not know. 2 Kings 6:17 “Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire” [with emphasis]. Elisha did not pray Lord send down your chariots from heaven. Elisha prayed open his eyes. Most times we are praying the wrong prayer. You are asking God to send down chariots when there are chariots around you already. What I am saying is that God is with us, God is in us, and God is around us.

The issue is not if the hosts of heaven are present; the issue is can you see them? Are you aware of them? Are you aware? A lady was having a conversation with her daughter and the way the discussion went, the daughter talked casually about angels. This of course caught the mother’s attention and she asked, “Have you seen angels before?” And the daughter said, “Yes”. The mother with goose pimples all over her dared to ask, “Where? Where did you see angels?” And the girl said, “When pastor is preaching, there are angels on the stage walking around. Don’t you see them Mum?” That girl could see beyond the physical.

Action is going on around you; are you aware? Jacob said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” [Gen.28:16]. It is a terrible thing to be in a place or live a life and God is doing amazing things and you are oblivious to it. I pray in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that God will open your eyes.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, please open my eyes, and make me aware of Your Presence, in Jesus Name. Amen!