There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

last meal and were going to die, and God needed Elijah to move from his little comfort zone of security and head north toward Lebanon to release a miracle of provision to her life (v. 9). Life moves in seasons. You cannot always reap, as there comes a season when you must sow to later reap. In Revelation the church at Laodicea was rich and said, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing” (Rev. 3:17). Often, today’s believers are constantly trying to become need less in the sense of saying, “We need nothing, and all of our needs are always met.” The greatest danger to a believer is when he has all he wants, all he needs, and has no needs. Here is why . . . a needless saint often becomes a prayerless, careless, and useless saint. I have watched people become so comfortable in their prosperity that they see no need to pray, they begin skipping church to enjoy their “stuff,” and eventually they become spiritually useless. Needs force you into dependency upon God to provide, thus keeping you on your knees in prayer. I have watched successful businesspeople quit coming to church in order to spend every weekend in a mountain house or on the lake. Suddenly the business or clientele began declining and the “stuff” was sold to pay the bills. They would return to church desiring prayer. At times the brook goes dry and the birds don’t fly, and it seems to you that favor has gone out the front door and left you standing in conflict. When the shield of favor seems to depart, it is time for a self-evaluation. 1. “Am I in some form of sin that is displeasing to God or the Holy Spirit?”