THEME : STOREHOUSE FOR WONDERS
Memorise:
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not went. Psalm 23:1
Read: 1st 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 faithful, 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 the 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 become 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 (1st Kings 17:8-9). 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 wonder wants to turn a house to a house for
wonders, it will be yours in Jesus’ Name. The question is: 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 for 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 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 led 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 your 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.
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