1 KINGS 17. 8 to 16. The widow of Zarephath
King Ahab all that was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. Then
the prophet Elijah inspired by the Holy Spirit, prophesied drought upon
the land, saying to King Ahab, neither dew nor rain come upon the land.
And these words angered very end that the King began to persecute the prophet Elijah with the intention of killing him. And
really the whole population was affected by drought, including Elijah,
but God would take care of Elijah, as he takes care of me and all of you
who serve the LORD OUR GOD in SPIRIT and IN TRUTH.The
LORD said to Elijah to hide by the brook Cherith, even told him that
the crows would sustain, a word was very strange and very difficult to
understand, but at no time Elijah challenged the guidance of God, as
Elijah understood that obeying God was in control of taking care and watching over your life. No matter what time we are living, the difficulty we are facing is actually obey the will of God in time we will see the answer.Now
the LORD sends ELIAS for city worships of Zarephath, where he also was
dry and the nation was ruled by the family of King Ahab's wife Jezebel
who wanted to kill him, to be sustained by a widow. More
Elijah was standing on the word of the LORD said to Abram, who was a
servant to him, Fear not, Abram, is how to say to me, for you and for
all who serve the Lord, my servant fear not, fear not my maid for I am thy shield (your shield), and thy exceeding great reward. In the midst of an idolatrous city Elias the promises of God would be fulfilled in your life. No
matter the difficulty you are experiencing at home with their children,
with his wife, with their parents, with their neighbors, with their
schoolmates or work if you remain faithful and obedient to the LORD OUR
GOD will see that the Lord will answer our prayers, we will see the impossible become possible, we will see the promises of God be fulfilled in our lives.At
the door of the city of Zarephath, a widow was there gathering sticks
and poor and moreover living in idolatrous country, but Elias did not
look at that woman's appearance, but he looked at his heart and
spiritually he realized that this was the widow indicated by GOD, for his heart cried out for one true GOD. Elias called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a bowl of water I drink. Elias a faithful servant of God would be helped by a widow and poor. Often
we think that only people with high office or position can help us,
because the more general Naaman was a leper who entrusted a message from
a girl who was his slave, but above all a servant of God was alive he
was cured of leprosy , God uses everyone who approaches him with the broken and contrite heart.And Elijah said more for the widow: Bring me a morsel of bread in thine hand. But
she said, 'As the Lord liveth, thy God, I have nothing baked, only
there, a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse, and
behold, I am gathering two sticks and prepare that food for the rest of me and my son, we will eat it and die.Elijah
said unto him, Fear not going to do what you said, but first do it for
me a little cake and bring him out here, then make for thee and for thy
son.For
thus saith the LORD GOD OF ISRAEL: The barrel of meal shall not waste,
the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD makes it rain upon
the earth.The
widow had every reason not to make the cake for the prophet and even
get offended because I was starving and about to die along with her
child, if I did the cake her neighbors say she's right, because she did
not knew the prophet Elijah. But when she looked at Elijah, she saw something else, because she realized she was facing a holy man sent by the one true God.The
Lord's servants must be praying every day for our physical health, the
health material, the financial health, but especially for our spiritual
health is as good and rewarding for the servant of God, when the person
who says we do not know : I see that you are a servant of GOD ALTISSIMO when they see Jesus in our lives.The
widow obeyed the directions of the prophet was and did according to the
word of Elijah, so he ate, she and her home many days. By
human reason she should not have made the cake, but the servant of the
LORD lives based not only on human reasons, but he lives grounded in
faith and the guidance given by the Holy Spirit of God,Because
she followed the guidelines of the LORD, the widow was extremely
blessed, because when we are faithful to God, and pray and pray to God
in the name of Jesus, the Lord meets our needs.
And the dent greatest need is to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God and attain salvation and eternal life in Christ Jesus. So the faithful servant cries; MARANATA. ORA COME LORD JESUS!
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