We saw how Elijah, who has an intimate walk with the Lord, who stand before the Lord, heard the Word of the Lord and obeyed accordingly in 1 Kings 1:1-6. He went to the Brook Cherith where there was water and was feed miraculously by ravens that the Lord sent daily to bring him bread and meat. In the midst of God's judgment of drought God's people will be protected and provided for by the Lord when we listen to Him and obey Him.
But following that we read that the brook dried up.
1 Kings 17:7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink."11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
12 So she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die."
13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.' "
15 So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days.16 The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.
When the brook dried up the Lord spoke to Elijah to go to Zarephath and that He has arranged for a widow to provide for him. And Elijah obeyed and went. It was quite a long way to go. It could have taken him weeks to get there. But he went in obedience to the Lord.
We need to do the same. In times of the shakings of God, we must stay close to the Holy Spirit and move with Him. He will speak but we must obey. The Lord will do a new thing. Don't be stuck in one place because the Lord directed us there before. He can and will move us on. He probably will lead us to another place.
We see here also Elijah's faith in God's providence through a widow.
Elijah believed that the Lord will provide through the widow. If God were to provide through the widow He must provide for the widow too.
As Elijah directed the widow to bring a meal to him, the Holy Spirit directed him to prophesy to the widow that her bin of flour will not run out and her jar of oil will not run dry. And the miraculous providence took place for the widow!
Elijah's obedience to the Word of the Lord not only blessed himself, it blessed the widow and her son.
Our obedience to the Lord will always bless us and others around us.
So my beloved brothers and sisters, keep walking with the Holy Spirit and keep obeying His voice.
You will be blessed and you will be a blessing.
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