OUR LORD WILL PROVIDE
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. —I Kings 17:3-6
“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” —I Kings 17:9
Our Lord can supply the needs of His people any way He desires. Think about it— Did He not supply Israel food for forty years in the wilderness? If He did that for up to two million people, surely He can supply what we need.
When Elijah said that no rain would come except by his word, he then was told to “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” Elijah “did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.” Ponder that, our Lord directed ravens to bring him bread and meat to eat! Think about that the next time you see a raven fly overhead as I just did a few minutes ago— as I was eating bread (toast)! Though ravens did not bring my bread to me, I thank my Lord for the bread He gave me to eat today. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (James 1:17). So thank You, Dear Father, for my “bread” this morning.
Not only can our Lord use birds to provide, but He also worked through a poor widow who had “no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die” (I Kings 17:12). She, as well as Elijah, needed a miracle to be provided for and our Lord did so. Our Lord had directed Elijah to this poor widow for her to provide for him. How would that be possible?
“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” —I Kings 17:13-14
And, “The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah” (I Kings 17:16). So if our Lord can provide in such a miraculous way then, can He not now? “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:33-34). Yes, Dear Father, may we trust You to provide for our needs however You choose to do so. May this be so by the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the authority of Your Son Jesus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy2FFM9Kjqw&list=RDyy2FFM9Kjqw&start_radio=1