Next, Elijah camps by the Kerith Brook, where God commands ravens to bring Elijah food and where he is to drink water.
But one day, the Brook dries up . . . after all, remember, there is no rain until Elijah gives the word!!
Elijah's next stop . . . the home of a widow. Elijah asks the widow for a cup of water . . . and, OH, by the way . . . bring me a bite of bread, too!
The widow tells Elijah that she has only a handful of flour and a little cooking oil that she was planning to cook her and her son’s last meal. Elijah’s response: “Don’t be afraid! Cook your last meal but bake me a little loaf of bread first and there will be enough food for you and your son.”
A choice needed to be made . . . hmmm . . . last meal for my son and me . . . or obey God? She chose to obey God! And because she chose to obey, there was always flour and oil left in the containers each day, no matter how much was used!
Wasn’t this proof enough for her? Evidently not; because in verse 24 . . . after the widow’s son had been raised from the dead . . . her comment was, “Then the woman told Elijah, NOW I KNOW FOR SURE that you are a man of God, and that the Lord truly speaks through you.” (Emphasis added.)
Flour and oil never running out = miracle in my book!
Wouldn't that be proof enough of God's power? Or was she thinking, my son and I will be dead either way, so does it really matter who eats the last of the food?
Isn’t that the way we are today . . . many miracles each day while we spend our time looking for the miraculous!
Lord, let us not strive after the miraculous but open our eyes to see your miracles in our daily lives!
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