Memorise:
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm
23:1
Read: 1 Kings 17:12-16
12 And she said, As the LORD
thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a
little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I
may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 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.
14 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.
15 And she
went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house,
did eat many days.
16 And
the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
Message
You will observe that
ever since God rested from His work in Genesis 2:2, He has been working on and
through His earlier creations in propagating His purpose. For example, God
never created another set of man and woman after the first man and woman had
been created. Rather, he charged those He had already created to be fruitful,
to multiply and to replenish the earth (Genesis 1:28). When God is confronted
with a need, He will use what is already available in His creation to meet the
need.
When God was confronted
with the need to feed His prophet for a number of years during a famine, He
needed a storehouse of wonders to meet this need. The widow of Zarephath’s
house became this storehouse for wonders. The man of God, Elijah, discovered a
barrel of flour and a cruse of oil that were almost empty in this house.
However, it was not the prophet but the God of wonders who located that
storehouse for wonders, and He sent His prophet there (1 Kings 17:8-9). We must
learn some lessons from this story of the storehouse for wonders. First, the
house was available for the God of wonders to use. My prayer for you is that
whenever the God of wonder wants to turn a house to a house for wonders, it
will be yours in Jesus’ Name. The question is: will you be ready to surrender your house to the God of
wonders to use for His glory?
Secondly, the widow did
not shy away from a difficult assignment. Although it was a difficult thing for
her to give Elijah her last meal, she obeyed the command for God and did as the
prophet said. Hence her house became the storehouse for wonders. Her barrel of
flour and her cruse of oil became instruments of wonders. Thirdly, this woman
did not only know the wonder-working God, she was a sincere and straightforward
woman of faith. She stated her case as it was. She said, “This is our last
meal; we can’t with it”. If it were some of us, we would not even admit that we
have anything at all. This woman seemed to be saying to herself, “The Lord is
my shepherd; I shall not want, even if I surrender my last meal to Him.” This
woman exposed her miracle meal to the wonder-working God to work with. This was
the exact thing the young lad in Matthew 14:17-20 did, and he went home with
twelve basketful as the interest on the five loaves and two fishes he lent to
the wonder-working Lord. I pray that the Lord will feed your fat even in the
time of famine in Jesus’ Name.
Action
Point
Determine to lend to God by way of sacrificially
giving to His work this year, and you will see the glory of God.
BIBLE
IN A YEAR: Jeremiah 14:1-16:13, Acts
17:1-15
AUTHOR:
Pastor E.A. Adeboye
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