READ: 1
KINGS 17:8-16
Samaria was
under divine judgement. Famine was in the land but the Lord made a way for
Elijah His servant by sending him to the brook Cherith where he was fed by
ravens. After the brook dried up, the Lord instructed him to go to a widow in
Zarephath for sustenance. And he obeyed. There some vital lessons for us here.
First, that the Lord led you to where you are working at the moment is no
guarantee of your remaining there for life. That place may just be a stepping
stone to the greater height the Lord is taking you. But if you resist His
command to move to the next place, remaining at Cherith will be at your risk as
there will more be heavenly supplies to back up your stay.
As a pastor or minister, why have you fought so hard to remain at the brook Cherith which has restricted provision, whereas you could be at the next place of assignment and have greater grace, more anointing to do greater exploits for the Lord? The other lesson is that, in choosing the place Elijah should go, one would have expected God to send him to the richest man in town. But what did He do? He sent him to the poorest widow who had but a meal left. If not that Elijah knew his God, he would have had to argue it out.
What does this signify? It means that God is interested in helping the needy. His ways are not ours. It also means that if God sends Elijah to a widow without means to sustain him, God Himself will provide the means. Has the Lord led you to a particular brother for marriage and you are crying, ‘This cannot be! He is not a member of my tribe. He is not rich. He is not even as educated as I am. He is not my type. God must be unfair to take this decision after all the years I have served Him’.
Weep not, dear child of God. If it is God who is sending you to that brother, then go ahead and happily accept him for there lies your sustenance from the drought. God knows best.
As a pastor or minister, why have you fought so hard to remain at the brook Cherith which has restricted provision, whereas you could be at the next place of assignment and have greater grace, more anointing to do greater exploits for the Lord? The other lesson is that, in choosing the place Elijah should go, one would have expected God to send him to the richest man in town. But what did He do? He sent him to the poorest widow who had but a meal left. If not that Elijah knew his God, he would have had to argue it out.
What does this signify? It means that God is interested in helping the needy. His ways are not ours. It also means that if God sends Elijah to a widow without means to sustain him, God Himself will provide the means. Has the Lord led you to a particular brother for marriage and you are crying, ‘This cannot be! He is not a member of my tribe. He is not rich. He is not even as educated as I am. He is not my type. God must be unfair to take this decision after all the years I have served Him’.
Weep not, dear child of God. If it is God who is sending you to that brother, then go ahead and happily accept him for there lies your sustenance from the drought. God knows best.
MEMORIZE:
ISAIAH 58:11 –And the Lord shall guide you continually, and satisfy tour soul
in drought, and make fat your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
