Good morning, Precious Family:
I pray you are living boldly in the peace and joy of our Lord, Jesus the Christ. Life may not always be perfect, and circumstances may change from day to day, but because our strength and identity are in the Lord, we are not easily shaken.
Last week and this week, my husband and I were both so sick. We are on the mend, but everything we did felt like so much work because our immune systems, respectively, were using all our energy trying to heal us.
Sometimes, we may feel in our spirit that we have nothing left to give and it’s just not worth the energy and work it takes to go on any further. It is in those times that we must remember to call on our Help.
In our scripture passage this week, the Lord led me to the story of the prophet Elijah and the widow woman and son who were starving to death. She was ready to die, but God spoke to her. In this passage, the most important verses are 8 and 9. None of the rest of this passage would have been possible if the widow had not been obedient to the instructions given by the Lord.
God may ask us to do some of the strangest things when we are in our darkest hour. If we would only trust God and be sensitive to His voice, a day of darkness can quickly turn into our greatest testimony.
Scriptures of Hope
1 Kings 17:8-16
Living Bible
8-9 Then the Lord said to him, “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. There is a widow there who will feed you. I have given her my instructions.”
10 So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the city he saw a widow gathering sticks; and he asked her for a cup of water.
11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread too.”
12 But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I haven’t a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jar. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I must die of starvation.”
13 But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and cook that ‘last meal,’ but bake me a little loaf of bread first; and afterwards there will still be enough food for you and your son. 14 For the Lord God of Israel says that there will always be plenty of flour and oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!”
15 So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her son continued to eat from her supply of flour and oil as long as it was needed. 16 For no matter how much they used, there was always plenty left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah!
Song of Faith
Family, can’t you just hear the widow singing this song as she was gathering sticks to cook what she thought was her and her son’s last meal? With tears in her eyes, she listened to the Lord, even though she didn’t know that her greatest blessing was on the other side of her obedience.
Hold fast, Family. We may not always have the full picture of what is about to happen, but we must trust God’s voice. Family, I pray your strength in the Lord. Keep pressing on…
Your sister,
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