God's Unfailing Provision
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I Kings 17:12-15 “And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.”
In I Kings 17, the prophet Elijah had just told King Ahab that there was going to be a drought in the land for many years to come. God commanded the prophet Elijah to go and live by the brook, where he could drink freely from the brook, where God commanded ravens to feed him. However, after the brook dried up, due to the lack of rain, Elijah had no more water to drink. At this point, the Lord told him to go to the city of Zarephath and there would be a widow woman to “sustain” him.
Elijah finds the widow woman and she quickly tells him that she has no bread, but only a little meal and oil and he can’t have that, because she is making a cake for her and her son “that we may eat it, and die.” You must wonder what the widow was thinking. Who is this man, does he not know that there is a drought in the land and there is no water? However, she “went and did according to the saying of Elijah”, because he promised that “the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.” Notice Elijah never promised that the barrel and cruse would be overflowing bountifully, but promised only that it would never fail.
In my own life, I have found that if I am faithful to the Word of God, He will meet every need in my life and supply for us. God has not promised us a “health and wealth” gospel. God never said that the pantries would be full and we would live a care-free life. He did, however, promise to supply our needs. When we look at our checkbooks and wonder how we will pay the bills or if we wonder how much longer we can make it, thank God it isn’t up to us, but “my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19)!
by Dr. Paul Chappell
Lancaster Baptist Church - California
I Kings 17:12-15 “And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.”
In I Kings 17, the prophet Elijah had just told King Ahab that there was going to be a drought in the land for many years to come. God commanded the prophet Elijah to go and live by the brook, where he could drink freely from the brook, where God commanded ravens to feed him. However, after the brook dried up, due to the lack of rain, Elijah had no more water to drink. At this point, the Lord told him to go to the city of Zarephath and there would be a widow woman to “sustain” him.
Elijah finds the widow woman and she quickly tells him that she has no bread, but only a little meal and oil and he can’t have that, because she is making a cake for her and her son “that we may eat it, and die.” You must wonder what the widow was thinking. Who is this man, does he not know that there is a drought in the land and there is no water? However, she “went and did according to the saying of Elijah”, because he promised that “the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.” Notice Elijah never promised that the barrel and cruse would be overflowing bountifully, but promised only that it would never fail.
In my own life, I have found that if I am faithful to the Word of God, He will meet every need in my life and supply for us. God has not promised us a “health and wealth” gospel. God never said that the pantries would be full and we would live a care-free life. He did, however, promise to supply our needs. When we look at our checkbooks and wonder how we will pay the bills or if we wonder how much longer we can make it, thank God it isn’t up to us, but “my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19)!
by Dr. Paul Chappell
Lancaster Baptist Church - California
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