I Kings 17
Elijah prophesied in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab. This man was very wicked and he married Jezebel, the daughter of the king of the Sidonians and built her a temple to her god Baal, and also made the Asherah. So Elijah was on the run from this evil pair.
Elijah obeyed God even when it really didn't make sense.
When he predicted that it wouldn't rain for a few years, God told him to hide in the Cherith Ravine and drink from the brook there. And the ravens dropped meat and bread for him every morning and evening. So where would these birds get meat and bread? But they did.
Then when the brook dried up, God told him to go to Zerephath in Sidon, for a widow to take care of him. But she was poor and didn't have the food to share with him. So he pronounced a miracle to her, so she fed him. And the miracle happened: her flour jar didn't run out, nor did her oil jar run dry, but kept giving forth for their bread every day!
I wonder, would I trust God enough to act on what I believe He will do for me, like Elijah did? If I really do believe, then I would hope I would do whatever it is, even it it doesn't make sense in the normal scheme of things. O that my faith would be that strong!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
