He’s Not Done • Daily Devo #320
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Today’s Devotional Scripture: 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 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 19:4-5 KJV
The Message For Today (September 27, 2025):
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There are situations in our lives that cause us to feel that it may be time to settle down. Maybe it’s time to slow down and to simply be still and be grateful for having lived a good life. Whether it be financial decisions, missteps in life, or detours that took you way off the path you always dreamed of, these situations have the power often of causing us to stop believing in God and start believing in the facts.
In this scripture, we see the prophet Elijah leaning into the facts. After receiving a missive from Jezebel threatening his life, he decided to run. He decided to abandon it all and prayed for God to take his life. Further, he opted to lay down under a tree and die. He had completely given up on being what God called him to be.
He surrendered to the circumstances and to the weight of the world that wanted him to, frankly, die. But God didn’t let him. We see in this scripture that the Lord sends an angel to wake up Elijah and tell him to eat. Elijah is given food to eat, goes back to sleep, and then the angel wakes him up again so he can eat again.
The reason for this is because God was leading him on a journey into the wilderness, into the cave, where he and Elijah had a talk to talk. 1 Kings chapter 19 gives a detailed account of this. We see the mountains shake. We see fire. We see wind. But we hear the still small voice of the Lord, and we hear Him admonish the prophet. Ultimately, the Lord says to him in verse number nine, it says:
9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? - 1 Kings 19:9 KJV
What are you doing here?
That is what He asked the prophet after sending him through the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. For 40 days and 40 nights, Elijah did not eat. For 40 days and 40 nights, he walked through the wilderness unto the Mount of Horeb. He went from wanting to die and laying down under a tree to being empowered by God to go on a 40-day fast and go into a moment, a cave, where the Lord could say, Why are you here?
This heart-to-heart, when you read chapter 19 of 1 Kings, gives us an indication of the heart of the Father. He loved Elijah, but saw the opportunity to correct Elijah because He wasn’t done with him yet. There was more that was in Elijah to be poured out. From this wilderness moment, God gives Elijah fresh instruction. He tells him in verse number 15, he says:
15 And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. - 1 Kings 19:15-16 KJV
So not only was God not done with Elijah, He had empowered him with the anointing to anoint two kings and a prophet in his stead. That prophet goes on to be Elisha, and Elisha asks for a double portion in 2 Kings 2, and is granted a double portion of what was on Elijah. So Elisha went forth and did 32 miracles. Elijah did 16. When God has a purpose in the plan for your life, not even you can stop it.
When He has something that He has empowered you to do, God is going to see it finished. Although it may seem like it is the end, and like you are on the losing end of a battle, God is more than able. He can turn every situation around. The very woman that threatened Elijah in 1 Kings 19 was the woman whom Jehu was able to overthrow, and Jehu was the one anointed of Elijah. So even though Elijah had given up, there was still more in him. There was still an assignment on his life, and the anointing went to Jehu, who ultimately got the job done.
God has a way of using you when you least expect it. He has a way of using your life and guiding you out of the wilderness when you feel like things are over, when you feel like it’s too late. God has a way of showing all of us that he is God. God has a way of showing all of us that He is God, that He is the God who stands outside of time. He is the Lord of the breakthrough. He is the God that makes all things new, and there’s nothing too hard for him. There’s nothing that he cannot do.
We see this here with Elijah, we see it with Naomi, who, although Naomi said, call me Mara, I’m bitter. The Lord has dealt bitterly with me. God still used Naomi to introduce Ruth and Boaz to make that connection with the wisdom Naomi had of her culture. God will use you, even if you think it’s over for you. It doesn’t mean that it’s over for God.
You may feel as if it’s been too long, but there’s nothing too hard for God. You may feel that you’ve gone too far off course, and like you can never come back. But God brought back the prodigal. He restored the prodigal. He can restore you. There is nothing too hard for the Lord. Everything that you face, God knows it, and He has a way of escape
The Bible tells us there is no temptation that the Lord is not prepared to deliver us from. 1 Corinthians 10:13, shares that there is no temptation. 1 Corinthians 10:13 reads:
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. - 1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
God will always make a way. There is nothing that you are facing that is too hard for God to overcome. Now, it’s no longer a matter of whether or not He’s done. We know that He isn’t. Now it’s a matter of whether or not you would trust Him to finish it with you. Do you trust Him to help guide you? Do you trust him to help make a way of escape for you, that you may be able to bear the weight of the issue you’re facing?
Remember the Lord your God. Remember that He has empowered you. Remember that He is a promise keeper. Remember that He will never leave you nor forsake you, and remember that even though you may be finished, you may want to check in with God because He may not be done yet.
Closing Devotional Prayer
My prayer for you: Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for the mighty woman of God. I thank you for the weighted glory of God. I thank you for the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. Lord, I give you glory, God, for this devotional. I thank you, God, for the assignment to do them every day of the week.
Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus that as this devotional goes out, that the mighty woman of God will be able to really sit with it, that she’ll be able to meditate on it, that when Sip Saturday comes out from my sister Michelle, oh God, that they’ll be able to read that as well as the normal Saturday morning read.
But I’m praying this morning, God, that for the mighty woman of God that is listening right now, or that is reading this right now, that you would remind her, God, that you know where she is, that you see her, that you are the God that sees us, and there’s nothing too hard for you. I pray that if she has given up in any capacity on her relationships, on her family, on her life, that you, God, would empower her, God, to get up and keep going.
I pray, oh God, that if the mighty woman of God has surrendered to the issues of life, that you would send forth your Spirit to encourage her to rise again and to eat the same way you did with Elijah when he was suicidal, when he wanted to put everything down, when he was ready to give everything up. You were not done with him yet.
I thank you, God, that you will remind the woman of God that she is your daughter and you are her father and that you are a good, good father who sits closer than a brother. You know what the issues are, God. You are not a stranger to our troubles and our trials. So, Lord, I pray that she would open her heart and that she would let you in, oh God, and that you would sup with her.
That you would lift her up, oh God, empower her to get up and to eat, to go forth and to connect, to get what she needs, oh God, because you have need of her. I thank you, Lord God, that not one person has given up and that if they have on their dreams, on the timing, maybe they feel too old or maybe they feel like they’ve gone too far or they feel like they’ve made too many mistakes or whatever the excuse may be, oh God, let it be put down before you now that you are the God that uses the foolish things to confound the wise and there is nothing too hard for you, God.
There is nothing too hard for you to accomplish. There is no situation, oh God, which you have not given us the ability to overcome. I thank you, Lord God, for the grace and the glory this morning for you are God alone. I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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