My meditation on 1 King 17:7-16
If I am in the shoes of a widow with barely a handful of wheat and little drops of oil in my cupboard and there’s a famine in my country, would I still give a portion of my food to a stranger? honestly I’m not sure if I can.
Why am I not sure of my response ?Why I may not respond like the widow in Zarephath?
When God told Elijah “go to Zarephath, I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food” Elijah obeyed God. But why a widow? Why not a public official who always have excess food on their table.
Elijah is a prophet of God . This is his instruction to the widow on verse 13 “Dont be afraid , go home as you have said But first make a bread for me from what you have then make something for yourself and your son”
And this is the promise v 14..”For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel , says”The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry”
And the story told us that God fulfilled his promise.
Why dont I have faith like a widow in Zarephath? When God told me in his words in Malachi to give and test Him and He will open the floodgates of heaven and pour out blessing I cannot contain. I believed His word. I hope I’ll be obedient like the widow, practising generosity amidst poverty..and abundance will follow
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