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Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
Devotional: June 18th

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1 Kings 17:7-24

Elijah was not dependent upon the brook, nor upon the ravens, but upon the word of the One who had said, "I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there". Also, when the brook dries up, he is not left unprovided for and receives a new message, "I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee" (v. 9). This widow is reduced to the most extreme poverty, but what does this matter to Elijah, since the LORD has said, "there"! This woman of faith, whom the Lord quoted to the inhabitants of Nazareth to make them ashamed (Luke 4:25-26), has an extraordinary experience. When God asks a service (here that of feeding His prophet), He gives at the same time all that is necessary to perform it. Only we must be ready to do first, without arguing, what He has required from us. This is what the little cake teaches us, proof of this woman’s faith and "firstfruits" of a divine abundance for that household.

Then the poor widow has a second experience still more extraordinary: that of the death and resurrection of her son. Our thoughts are lifted afresh from the prophet to the Lord Jesus, raising the dead. Did He not also, one day, restore an only son to his widowed mother (Luke 7:11-15)?

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