2015]
Memorise: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. -
Psalm 23:1
Read: 1 Kings 17:12-16
12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a
cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a
cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go
in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and
die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou
hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring
it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal
shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the
day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah:
and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse
of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he
spake by Elijah.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 14:1-16:13 and Acts 17:1-15
MESSAGE:
You will observe that ever since God rested from His work
in Genesis 2:2 , He has been working on and through His
earlier creations in propagating His purpose. For example,
God never created another set of man and woman after the
first man and woman had been created. Rather, he charged
those He had already created to be fruitful, to multiply and
to replenish the earth ( Genesis 1:28 ).
When God is confronted with a need, He will use what is
already available in His creation to meet that need.
When God was confronted with the need to feed His prophet
for a number of years during a famine, He needed a
storehouse of wonders to meet this need. The widow of
Zarephath’s house became this storehouse for wonders.
The man of God, Elijah, discovered a barrel of flour and a
cruse of oil that were almost empty in this house. However,
it was not the prophet but the God of wonders who located
that storehouse for wonders, and He sent His prophet there
(1 Kings17:8-9 ). We must learn some lessons from this
story of the storehouse for wonders. First, the house was
available for the God of wonders to use. My prayer for you
is that whenever the God of wonders wants to turn a house
to a house for wonders, it will be yours in Jesus’ Name.
The question is: will you be ready to surrender your house
to the God of wonders to use for His glory?
Secondly, the widow did not shy away from a difficult
assignment. Although it was a difficult thing for her to give
Elijah her last meal, she obeyed the command of God and
did as the prophet said. Hence her house became the
storehouse for wonders. Her barrel of flour and her cruse of
oil became instruments of wonders. Thirdly, this woman
did not only know the wonder-working God, she was a
sincere and straightforward woman of faith. She stated her
case as it was. She said, “This is our last meal; we can’t
part with it.” If it were some of us, we would not even
admit that we have anything at all. This woman seemed to
be saying to herself, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not
want, even if I surrender my last meal to Him.” This
woman exposed her miracle meal to the wonder-working
God to work with. This was the exact thing the young lad in
Matthew 14:17-20 did, and he went home with twelve
basketfuls as the interest on the five loaves and two fishes
he lent to the wonder-working Lord. I pray that the Lord
will feed you fat even in the time of famine in Jesus’ Name.
Action Point: Determine to lend to God by way of
sacrificially giving to His work this year, and you will see
the glory of God.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional written by Pastor E.A.
Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the
world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's
Ministries.
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