For many in Advanced Individual Training, the recruits are transported to other locations on-posts that specialize in the given subject. Such is the case with Elijah he has been order to Zeraphath to administrate a miracle. Remember, God intends to use this man in a mighty way! In the next chapter this man calls fire from heaven, but first he must be put through a rigorous training. God is building Himself a man of God!
You will need some hands-on training in the things of God. That is what is missing in the Church today. People mimic, steal, copy and pretend to have encounters. Who really has had an authentic vision? Who really has "heard from God"? Where are the Elijahs who have been to Dry Brook University and Empty Barrel School of the Arts? We need leaders who know how to handle a crisis because they have been through a crisis.
Elijah asks the widow woman for a drink. She hurries off. It appears that God indeed has lined things up for the man of God. He then calls to her for some bread and fear grips her heart. Her circumstances were bleak. “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” As much as Elijah was sent to Zarephath for his benefit, he was also sent for the benefit of this widow. She needed to learn the value of faith in God.
He instructs her to go home and do what she has stated with one proviso - make him a little cake first. When she did, a continuous miracle was instituted. For years, until it rained, every meal time was a miracle. God worked a miracle in that barrel and in that jar every single day. He took nothing and made it last until it was no longer needed. We serve a God Who specializes in doing the impossible!
The glory of this story resides in this fact: that barrel of meal and that cruse of oil were never full! Elijah and the widow were taught to live day by day. Everyday she scraped the bottom of the barrel and everyday there was just enough meal to fix their food. Everyday she watched the last drop of oil drip from that jar, but the next day there was always more.Are your eyes on the problem or the Provider? If you will trust God this new year, regardless of what outward appearances may suggest you will never reach the bottom of your barrel. Bottomless Blessings from now on!
Prayer:
Thank you Lord for Your refining process. As I move from Cherith to Zarephath, I walk by faith and not by sight. I believe for miracles, In Jesus Name, Amen!
Go Deeper?
Genesis 22:1-14; Genesis 26-18-22; Exodus 15:22-27; 2Kings 4:1-7; Matthew 17:24-27; Luke 6:38; Ephesians 3:20; Philippians 4:19
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