June 3, 2018
Elijah said to king Ahab,"As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word." God then commanded Elijah to go to a brook to live for a while. There he could drink from the brook and God commanded the ravens to bring him meat and bread twice daily. After a while the brook dried up and Elijah was commanded by God to go to Zarephath where he met a widow woman. When Elijah met this widow woman he asked her for food. She said she had only one biscuit left and she said she was going to cook it for her son and herself and then they would die ! Then he said," Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; ...." he further said," For thus says the Lord God of Israel; The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day of the Lord sends rain on the earth." She did as he said and God's word was exactly as Elijah had said.
After these things had happened, the widow woman's son had become so sick that he died ! She became mad at Elijah and blamed him for the boys death. Elijah then went to the boy and prayed to God for his life and God brought him back to life ! It was only then when the widow woman says," Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth."
When we are in the will of God and are doing as we have been directed, He will always provide and protect us ....ALWAYS !!! This is a very valuable lesson for us to know and learn. Does this mean all will be roses and rain bows ? God forbid !!! But it does mean that God's will will never be undone or delayed by Satan or by man or by circumstance .
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