🕯 Day 11 – Drenched in Obedience

📖 “He ordered them, ‘Fill four jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.’” – 1 Kings 18:33

🔍 1. Exegetical Read

Elijah had already rebuilt the altar, arranged the wood, and laid the sacrifice—but he wasn’t done. He ordered water—twelve jars total—to be poured over the entire offering. In a time of drought, water was precious. Every drop poured was an act of costly trust.

Why would he make it harder for fire to fall?

Because Elijah wasn’t performing a stunt—he was obeying God. He was drenching the altar in surrender, showing that this would be God’s fire, not man’s manipulation.

Obedience doesn’t always look strategic. Sometimes it looks like wasting water on wet wood—until heaven moves.

🔁 2. Connection to the Week: Rebuild the Altar

This week is about alignment—and nothing aligns the heart more than costly obedience.

After the altar is rebuilt and the sacrifice is laid, obedience is what seals it. Sometimes God asks you to obey when it doesn’t make sense. To pour what feels scarce. To surrender what feels essential. But obedience drenches the altar in faith. And faith is what draws the fire.

God isn’t looking for dramatics. He’s looking for trust.

💡 3. Reconciling Moment

Is God asking you to pour something out that feels risky? Delayed obedience is still disobedience.

Don’t hold the jar back. Don’t ration your surrender. If He’s asking for it, it’s because He’s about to reveal something greater.

Pour it out—and watch what happens when heaven answers wet wood.

✍ Prompt:
Where is God asking me to obey before I see results?