Can you even imagine making the meal that you and your son are going to eat before starving to death?
I’ve had to make plenty of sacrifices in my life, but none come even close to what this widow was prepared to do.
And yet, here comes a man:
Elijah.
He was fully aware that she was making food using the last of her provisions, and yet he still asked to be fed first.
Elijah also promised that her barrel of food and her oil would never run out as long as she needed them.
This all sounds pretty impossible.
And then add on that the land was in the middle of a dramatic drought.
Completely impossible.
But this widow must have felt something in her heart.
She must have felt the Spirit whisper that this traveler was not just any random man asking for a seemingly selfish favor.
She decided to trust in the prophet and in the Lord.
Not just in word, but in deed, too!
“And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.” (1 Kings 17:15)
Feeding Elijah could have led to her immediate death, but instead, this faithful widow trusted in the Lord and wasn’t afraid to take a big risk to prove Him right.
Do we have that kind of trust in the Lord that we would be willing to risk it all, knowing that He will fulfill His promises?
When it seems improbable, illogical, or even impossible?
For with God, nothing is impossible.
But we’ve still got to do our part.
Ask the question. Act on that prompting. Say the prayer. Ponder and problem-solve.
And then trust in God.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
