"I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die" (1 Kings 17:12).
Imagine telling a widow who was
about to eat her last meal with her only son to give you a portion of that
meal. That would seem like a cruel and unusually selfish thing to do. Imagine
you have a need for provision and God tells you to go to the most desperate
person in the land to get your provision.
God led Elijah to a poor widow who
was on her last meal of flour. Why would God lead Elijah from one desperate
situation into another? He wished to perform yet another miracle and show His
faithfulness to those who needed it most.
Elijah proceeded to tell the widow: "But first make a small cake of
bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for
yourself and your son. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The
jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the
day the LORD gives rain on the land'" (1 Kings 17:13-14).
Would you have questioned such
logic in the face of a life-threatening situation? The woman demonstrates her
faith in God and Elijah by giving him her last meal. This act of faith insured
that her provision would be there day after day. God multiplied her flour and
her jug of oil. Provision followed obedience.
"For the jar of flour was not
used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the
LORD spoken by Elijah" (1 Kings 17:16).
God often multiplies what we
already have in our hand in a miraculous way when we yield it to Him. God took
her only resource just like He took the loaves and fishes, and multiplied it
for those who were in need.
God has placed skills and
resources in our hand already. We need to apply faith to that which He has
placed in our hand in order to see His provision manifested through them.
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