Faith from I Kings 17 8- 16
Money cannot buy food unless the food is available.The poor Widow of Zarephath had carefully hoarded the tiny pile of meal,which remained in the bottom of her meal barrel. A few drops of oil from her one remaining cruse to prepare the daily small cake,which she made for herself and son. In her desperation,no doubt she cried out to her God to provide.
The day came when she looked onto the barrel and discovered that she could not possibly divide the tiny supply in order to make this day’s cake with any left over at all.She and her son must face the inevitable-one more small cake ( a very small one) and then await death by starvation,knowing they should never eat again.
But as she went out to find a few sticks to start a fire ( a small fire would be enough), she saw a man approaching. God begin to speak to her heart. As she watched,he called out to her, ” fetch me, I pray thee,a little water in a vessel that I may drink” I Kings 17:10.
Then,as she turned to grant his request,the blow fell. She could spare a cup of water,but what was he saying now? How could she refuse,yet how could she grant this new request? ” Bring me,I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand” I KINGS 17:11
With what agony of spirit she explained ” I have not a cake,but a handful of meal in a barrel,and a little oil in a cruse:and behold,I am gathering sticks,that I may go in and dress it for me and my son,that we may eat it
and die.” I Kings 17:12
Was it only the voice of a man replying to her,or was the authority of a revelation from God in his reply? ” Make me thereof a little cake FIRST… 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”
I KINGS 17:13,14.
She believed it was God speaking to her,and by faith she took God as her seed principle partner in the midst of the famine.I KINGS 17:15,16. And she went and did according to the saying of E-li-jah:and she and he,and her house,did eat many days. And the barrel wasted not,neither did the cruse of oil fail.according to the word of the Lord,which he spake by E-li-jah.
Matthew 17:17-20. Then Jesus answered and said. O faithless and perverse generation,how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?bring him hither to me.
And Jesus rebuked the devil;and he departed out of him:and the child was cured from that very hour.
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart,and said Why could not we cast him out?
And Jesus said unto them.Because of your unbelief:for verily I say unto you,If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,ye shall say unto this mountain,Remove hence to yonder place;and it shall remove;and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
PRAY and READ the RED.
Dr.James Roy Windham
March 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am
thank for showing us that we speak the word if it is to come to pass.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:24 am
…God began to speak to her heart… He will speak to our hearts-”and my sheep know my voice”-This woman knew her circumstance,it weighed heavily on her each day as she looked into the barrel. But God brought her face to face with the situation, continue to do it her way and know that the end was death or do it God’s way and live.
This is the reason to stay in God’s Word. Too many voices out there to get our attention but when the Voice of God speaks He gives us a choice–our way which just drags us further into trouble and despair or His Way which is life abundant.Praise His Holy Name!!!!
April 20th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I have been through the same through my life I have been making choices that I wanted in life and then this past month I went to Mexico and spent a week watching the people that were poor and housed in houses made of wooden palets and ply wood without running water and air conditioning in the Sanoran Desert. I attended their church and heard the songs they sang and felt the Holy Spirit of are Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Jesus was their and I was overwhelmed with the word of are living God that it is time for me to leave everything behind me and gather the clothes on my back and move from Sacramento to Yuma Arizona. I was already laid off from a job in Sacramento as a nurse and I didnt have the finacial means to survive nor make the trip. I decided to fast and pray and I told Jesus that if this is his command then give me work to get the money together and lead me on this work that has been asked of me. Then I recieved this call to work for the entire week at this Mental facility and the work lasted until the end of the week and then I tried to make Tamales to sell them at church and the Pastor told me I couldnt sell them and didnt want to tell me the many reasons why I couldnt. I continued to pray and I still continued to make them by myself and decided to end up giving them away instead. Then I came here to Yuma and continued to go each week to Mexico and help with the church and continued to feel the strong presence of the Holy Spirit and the children continued to come to me and greet me and wanting for me to give them my attention and Love. I have been having difficulties getting back on my feet on finding work up until the past few days I finally started back to work and I was given money to barrow from one of my relations and deccided to pawn off my Wedding band, that no longer meant nothing to me now that I have been divorced for the past four years. I told my son I wanted to hold on to it until I find another relationship and Melt it down when that times comes,but my son told me that it was better to get rid of the past so you could move. I found out through the knowledge of the Holy Spirit that was time to give my life to are Lord and leave all behind and move forward with faith and Love for are Lord Jesus Christ. Withoutn a dime to my name and no gas in my car and after I pawned all the jewlery I started with the thought of what my son told me and decided that the move to move on and start over also applied to the past that I once had and continue to live with the Love of Christ and leave all the reminders of my past on the cross of Jesus Christ. After all was done the very next day I was given work and I will be starting next week. I will be given a full time schedule that will last me for the next few months. I praise and give all the credit to are Lord Jesus Christ, that soon on his time, all will be given and no longer relaying on my own thoughts and actions of my past. Are God is Good,Loving,Grace and most of all Forgiving. My Faith built up from that day on and now I know that are Lord Jesus Christ is their to care for me and my son to continue to do his work that he has asked for me to do and to care for his people in Mexico and continue to have the faith that I have to show others that it is possible to make it on just faith alone, Amen Louie Bearhelper Morales
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Matthew 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
like so many of Mexicos poor…
Often when I hear of the oil barrons, and corporate heads with bonuses greater than would be needed to feed a region of starving people, I wonder “How much is enough?”. Living in Juarez, I see the shelters made of pallets and adobe homes with no windows or doors, and spend time with these people. They exhaust no more time worrying than children, and with a tamale and few beans, insist I eat with them, and find happiness with the families and shelter God has provided. And they are truely happy. They have no need for name brand clothes, nor strive to put their neighbors to shame with their successes. Families are together for generations, not separated by miles in order to be more profitable, or successful in their work. Some live as they have for 200 years. It is when they migrate north to gain wealth and provide a better life for their families that the problems begin, for so many.
Once we have been exposed to rich foods, entertainment that is produced by large corporations with enormous budgets, places of awe inspiring beauty in our national parks, and pampered with well insulated homes and climate control, is is very difficult to imagine anyone being content with the barest of necessities.
Many of us realize we could survive, but beleive it would be a horrid life.
Others are too busy with the schedules we have arranged for ourselves, to stop and reflect on what happiness truly is; or perhaps we don’t know what it would take to be happy because we have never really experienced it.
We want to provide the best for our families, and not for one minute would consider abandoning our habits and allowing God to provide for them instead.
May God bless you, Louie Bearhelper Morales - or perhaps he already has.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I know what faith and prayer through Christ Jesus can do in your life. I have come from a hurricane and flood and face current battles in my life that I know only He can bring me through. God has always and will be evident in my life, because He has carried me and brought me from a very long way…I know He is real.
May 21st, 2008 at 8:09 am
I know that Jesus can do many things and he will bring revial to Latrobe PA very soon we have been praying for it for a very long time and he is preparing hearts as we speak. Please pray that he starts the fire here lik it is in FL
July 14th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Just when you think there is no other avenue, and you are worried about your very existence and what will happen tomorrow, you pray (even a feeble prayer) and Our Lord hears your cry not deadened by the din of the world. He hears, and knows that this day you knew to call upo him and God also knew your needs, but was waiting for your communication. He was testing your faith! Now that the opportunity that He had been waiting for had arrived, the rest is not a problem. For with God …all things are possible! He can turn darkness into a bright day. He can wash all your tears and fear away! He is a great and powerful God and He knows you and what you need. He knows every hair upon your head, and he knows what you need—Because He is God! Trust and obey, for ther’s is no other way!
August 27th, 2008 at 3:29 am
I thank the Lord for showing me this a long time ago! He is great! I was once that lady at the well, with 2 small children. Jesus came along and I took a hold. He has supplied my needs always since. He has did so much for me and my family, I couldn’t tell of them all. He is my rock, my healer, my everything everyday. I couldn’t make it without Him! We must all go through things to learn of Him, to know of His Marvelous Works. Yes everything is possible with God! God Bless All!