1kings17 :13-14
17:13 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.
17:14 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.
Through His servant Elijah the prophet, God made a miracle for a poor widow in Israel when there was famine and drought are great. Women who are widowed is certainly not a rich woman, but she was really poor and threatened to death because of the danger of starvation. But when she would obey the word of God through Elijah and he was no longer hungry, but even get food that is not limited until rain. This means that until the drought ends. From here we can learn about how God's miracles really can happen in our lives?
• Willingness heart and sacrifice. Eagerness and sacrifice of the woman or widow in Zarephath was very unusual. He was willing to sacrifice to provide the only food available to a servant of God. Of course this is absurd. Because logically when food is gone then the woman must find food to live or if not then he and her family would starve to death. But God was doing the opposite and miracles happen.
Sacrifice is not unreasonable. When we sacrifice our minds will see the fact. We are facing the fact that your sacrifice didn't match with our conditions. God is asking to us, are you willing to sacrifice or not?
example: when we are still in financial trouble so if we want with eagerness to give tithes to God? When we're in the trials so are you willing to sacrifice to serve God? God's desire and want us to sacrifice to show willingness and sincerity in our hearts to follow God. Giving sacrifice to God would make God's power over life and work of our problems. Like the widow in Zarephath!
• Following the word of God is communicated through His servant
That is true that when we have our problems come to the servant of God. Word of God is communicated through His servant would be a solution to our problem. Word of God sometimes does not make sense. Maybe God wants us to give our most precious goods to give to His servant. Maybe God wants us to release our work only to serve the Lord. But when we follow and obey the words of God unconditionally verily we are walking to the street light. The power and miracles from God are pouring over our lives
God Bless You
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Be blessed sweetly.