The Widow Of Zarephath

Hello! and happy good Tuesday to all of us, GUYS.  Our "food for the soul" today:

THE GOOD NEWS (07 June 2016)

"After a while, the brook dried up because no rain had fallen in the land.  Then YAHWEH spoke to Elijah, 'Go to Zarephath of the Sidonites and stay there.  I have given word to a widow there to give you food.'  So Elijah went to Zarephath.  On reaching the gate of the town, he saw a widow gathering sticks.  He called to her and said, 'Bring me a little water in a vessel that I may drink.'

As she was going to bring it, he called after her and said, 'Bring me also a piece of bread.'  But she answered, 'As YAHWEH your GOD lives, I have no bread left but only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug.  I am just now gathering some sticks so that I may go in and prepare something for myself and my son to eat - and die.'

Elijah then said to her, 'Do not be afraid.  Go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me; then make some for yourself and your son.  For this is the word of YAHWEH, the GOD of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not be emptied nor shall the jug of oil fail, until the day when YAHWEH sends rain to the earth.'

So she went and did as Elijah told her; and she had food for herself, Elijah and her son from that day on.  The jar of flour was not emptied nor did the jug of oil fail, in accordance with what YAHWEH had said through Elijah." - 1 Kings 17:7-16 

Elijah And The Widow Of Zarephath

(The drought harms everybody, including Elijah who had asked GOD for this sign.  But for the believer, the very plague is an opportunity to experience that the heavenly FATHER does not abandon the believer.

I have given word to a widow there to give you food.  The prophet will receive his food, and he will also get comfort from GOD through discovering this believing woman.  The poor widow has something to give the great prophet, and this is a grace for both of them.

Bring me a little water is a first step.  Bring me also a piece of bread.  Elijah tests her faith: "First you shall make me a little bread," and the widow gives him this.  This widow is similar to the one whom JESUS praises in Mark 12:41.

The jar of meal shall not be emptied.  GOD rewards this kind of faith which goes to the extent of risking everything one possesses.)

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