“And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.” 1 Kings 18:30 (KJV)
After Gideon tore down the altar of Baal, he built an altar to God and then made a sacrifice. It is not enough to tear down the demonic altar, you must also build an altar to God. This action renounces your allegiance to the devil and declares your allegiance to God. The altar of God standing in the place the altar of Baal used to be was a direct
confrontation between God and the devil. When you build an altar to God, he confronts the enemy on your behalf.
We can built different types of altars to God. We have personal altars, family altars, congregational altars and national altars. These altars are not built with stones and wood as in the Old Testaments, but they are built when we come into God’s presence. Every time we come into God’s presence or gather to worship, we raise our altars unto God.
When Gideon built the altar, he activated it with a sacrifice because an altar without a sacrifice is devoid of power. The Bible says our bodies are the temple of God. Therefore, in this dispensation of grace, we do not have to offer bulls to activate God’s power in our life. When we live a continuous life of obedience and purity to God even in tough times (Ps. 51:16-17) it pleases him and it goes up to him as a sacrifice that speaks on our behalf (Heb. 13:15). Let the fruits of our life build altars unto God.
PRAYER: Lord, I build an altar unto you in every area of my life in Jesus name
FAITH BYTE: My life is an altar unto God. I present myself as a living sacrifice.
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