Wait (Part 2)

2 Peter 3:8, "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." (KJV)

Yesterday we discussed the difference between waiting on God and waiting for God. And we scratched the surface of having a one day encounter with God that is worth a thousand years experience.
To understand what I want you to capture today, I will want you to fix your eyes on the word "ignorant", in our lead scripture for this topic.

And I would like you to remember that a few past days we have mentioned it quite often and for those who have been following, we know that, ignorance indicates lack of knowledge. This is why in a court of law, it is a common practice to hear a judge telling you that, "ignorance of the law is no defense". In other words telling you that, you cannot ask the judge to let you go just because you claim you did not know that such a law existed.
Recently, I was told that it is against the laws of Nairobi city, to come into the city in slippers. I never knew, but I was told that you could be arrested and fined if found in them. Another time I was stopped by a police officer for carrying my son shoulder high in the city, and was let off with a warning on attempted murder. I didn't know it is wrong to carry a child on my shoulders in the city. But if the officer had just decided to make my day a bad one, I would have been in hot soup.
Now, Peter tells us that, "be not ignorant of this one thing", he is telling us to grasp the knowledge that there exists of a certain special information. Because without knowledge, people perish.

And the information is that One day with God, is able to bring forth fruits that would take you a thousand years to produce without Him.
The prophets of baal, at Mount Carmel, prayed from morning until 3 in the afternoon. And their god did not bring even a spark let alone a smoke. Elijah prayed a three seconds, two sentence prayer and a fire came from heaven and burned everything including the stones that made the altar. The same Elijah, praying to the same God, prayed for hours, seven times, with his knees on the ground and his head between his knees, for him to see a cloud as small as a man's fist in the sky. What happened? What was the difference?
When Elijah was declaring there would be no rain for three years, he did not break a sweat, when he was calling fire from heaven, he did not break a sweat, but when it was time to call back the rains, it took him sweat and blood to even see a cloud. What really happened?
It is the one day with God phenomenon at play. God is always with us, He is in us, we are in Him and we move and live in daily miracles. But there is always that one day with God accurrence that happens once in a while, and if you misplace your priorities, you will have to wait until the next one day with God.

Before I bring this out let me give a story. Whether is was a joke or a true story, it will still teach us any ways. One of our comedians said that one day the second president of Kenya was scheduled to visit his village and particularly his school. And because he was eloquent in speech, he was chosen to tell the president what was ailing the area and present their grievances to the government. But when he came face to face with the president and he was asked if there was any problem, he was so overwhelmed with the fact that he was so near the great man, that he forgot everything else and all he could say was, "Everything is OK, your government is great, reign forever your excellency!" Of course people were really disappointed with him.

But that is the same thing we all do. You have been waiting for that one day with God, and when that day comes, what you ask for is not what you always wanted to ask for.
God came to Elijah the first time, and gave Elijah what we will call "Elijah's first one day with God". Elijah shut the heavens that day and rain ceased. He did not break a sweat, why? Because, one day with God, you can do what would take others a thousand years to do.
The next Elijah's one day with God, came after the brook dried up. Without breaking a sweat, the flour and the oil serviced him and the family for many days.
His next one day with God, came over three years after what we called the first one day with God. Now, look at God's instructions.

God told Elijah very clearly, "Go and show yourself to Ahab, and I will bring rain"... period.
But what did Elijah do, instead, Elijah gathered the whole of Israel at Mount Carmel, and spent a whole day flexing his muscles against the prophets of baal. God wanted to give him rain, as easily as He had used him to take it away. But Elijah believed he needed to prove something first, not just to Ahab but to the whole of Israel and the baal community of worshipers. He became like us when we go before loyalty and are asked "What would you want me to do for you?" And instead of asking for something durable, we... you ask for something that will soon be over.

Therefore, Elijah had to wait for the next one day with God to do things as easily as the first, the second and the third time. Because his need to call down the fire from heaven, replaced the ease of calling down the rain.
Many people go through the same "Elijah moment". God gives you a chance and instead of doing what you were commanded to do, which would happen with ease, you instead choose to push your own agenda, this agenda will go through easily because you are still in your one day with God, but it will cost you to travail like a woman giving birth for what you were really meant to do with the moment.

As I finish, in Israel, when women were giving birth, they would kneel down and put their head between their knees and push. Elijah had to travail and give birth to what could have come through just easily if he had placed his priorities right. And after pushing seven times, for hours, his servant came and told him, "A cloud as small as a man's fist is coming out."
I don't know who I am speaking to today, may be there is something you would have done easily, if you had used your one day with God well, but you misplaced your priorities. Most of the people are travailing right now, not because God is not with them, but because they always misuse their ONE DAY WITH GOD!

I came to tell you that another of your ONE DAY WITH GOD is just around the corner. Set your priorities right, do not be over-excited, compose yourself, and you will do in that one day, what would have taken you a thousand years. But if you miss it you will have to take a thousand years to do what you would have done in that one day. If you miss it, you will have to kneel down, put your head between your knees and travail for the same thing that would have come out with a snap of a finger. My prayer is that your one day with God will always bring forth fruits of a thousand years toil, and not a thousand years toil to bring out the fruits of a one day with God.
Shalom and Keep the faith.



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