1 Kings 17:16: The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.
See the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in a time of famine; and now, in addition, the prophet Elijah was to be fed too. But though the need was threefold, yet the supply of meal wasted not, for she had a constant supply. Each day she made calls upon the barrel, but yet each day it remained the same. You, dear reader, have daily necessities, and because they come so frequently, you are apt to fear that the barrel of meal will one day be empty, and the cruse of oil will fail you. Rest assured that, according to the Word of God, this shall not be the case. Each day, though it bring its trouble, shall bring its help; and though you should live to outnumber the years of Methuselah, and though your needs should be as many as the sands of the seashore, yet shall God's grace and mercy last through all your necessities, and you shall never know a real lack. For three long years, in this widow's days, the heavens never saw a cloud, and the stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the wicked earth: famine, and desolation, and death, made the land a howling wilderness, but this woman never was hungry, but always joyful in abundance. So shall it be with you. You shall see the sinner's hope perish, for he trusts his native strength; you shall see the proud Pharisee's confidence totter, for he builds his hope upon the sand; you shall see even your own schemes blasted and withered, but you yourself shall find that your place of defence shall be the munition of rocks: "Your bread shall be given you, and your water shall be sure." Better have God for your guardian, than the Bank of England for your possession. You might spend the wealth of the Indies, but the infinite riches of God you can never exhaust.
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Why do I always forget these things?
There was a time when finances were really troublesome for us. We certainly weren't going to starve, because we had family we could always "show up for dinner" with if it got that bad. haha
But still, we were discouraged and in the mail came an untimely, yet oh-so-timely "welcome to the neighborhood" packet of coupons and freebies. (We had been living in the town for over a year).
In there were coupons for a whole bag of bagels, a dozen eggs, a whole package of bacon, a quart of milk and a quart of orange juice. All free, encouraging us to shop a certain local market.
We totally had the best breakfasts that week.
Then, there was a time that I was making grilled cheese, toast, sandwiches for school and work, etc., and it was on like day five or six that it occurred to me, "Hey, why do we still have bread in this bag?" haha I stared at it and tried to do the math... near as I could figure, we shoulda run outa bread at least three days earlier. ha ha I thought, "So this is how He did that loaves and fishes thing!" :)
Those were some joyful sandwiches I was making after that peculiar happening.
el: We all need to be reminded from time to time. I too have stories of God's faithfulness - He's so good to us!
I think one of the things we will do in heaven is sit around and compare stories of God's faithfulness. I can't wait!
God bless you and your Church!
Our sermon today was on remembering. remembering things God has done in our lives. How the children of Israel built altars of remembering how God led them to and through different places. With new health test results i have to remember where God has seen me through before and will again. Okie I will email you with what is going on.
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