1 Kings 17:4 “You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
As you enter the amazing campus of Andrew Wommack Ministries and the Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, CO, there is a sign along the driveway that says, “Welcome to your place called there”. My wife Natalie and I just had to snap a photo near this sign because of its tremendous significance. Because I was obedient to God in attending Charis Bible College, we now have a extension school in Cherry Hill, NJ with over 35 students in attendance.
In 1 Kings 17, in the midst of a devastating famine, God had prepared a place for the prophet Elijah and supernaturally supplied him with food and water. It was a place called "there". The word “there” means “in that place or at that location”. God has already provided a place called “there” for every one of us, with everything we would ever need and more. It's just a matter of getting to where “there” is.
How? Obedience. 1 Kings 17:2-3 says, “And the word of the LORD came to him: ‘Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.” Walking in obedience always starts with not just the Word of God, but a Word from God. God always gives wisdom, that gives you a strategy, that leads to your victory.
Elijah still had a choice to follow the word of the Lord, or not. What if Elijah didn't go “there”? He would have died in the famine with everyone else even though provision was available over “there”. Folks we need to get "there" in our thinking and in our obedience.
Faith accesses what grace has already made available, but we play a big part in our own victories. What you need today is already available, it's close by, it already exists. Listen for a Word from God and He will show you where “there” is. And remember, He always has others in mind that He wants to bless through you in “your place called there”.
