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1 Kings 17:8-16
Because Elijah was a man like us, he undoubtedly
wondered what God had in store for him when he
saw the brook beginning to dry up. Since he was
trusting in God, however, he believed and help
arrived.
God did not send a sudden squall of rain for that
immediate neighborhood, nor did he provide some
supernatural source of water in that place.
Instead, Elijah was to arise, go to Zarephath and
dwell there. Only at Zarephath would a widow
provide food for him.
Few of us have faced the extremity this widow
experienced. It seemed as though each day she
might face starvation; yet each day by faith she
trusted God to meet her need.
The result was that she and her house "did eat
many days" (1 Kings 17:15). God supplied not a
year at a time but a day at a time.
This is what we need with regard to God's grace.
We do not need a great stockpile of it for future
use but a daily appropriation of it, which God
supplies freely.
The manna was gathered daily, not in the evening
but in the morning, and each one gathered for
himself. So must we accept grace from God.
We cannot hoard today's grace for tomorrow or
call on yesterday's grace for today. We cannot
gather enough on a Sunday to last a whole week.
We need to have daily contact with God,
particularly in the morning.
"Give us this day our daily bread" (Matt. 6:11).
Because Elijah was a man like us, he undoubtedly
wondered what God had in store for him when he
saw the brook beginning to dry up. Since he was
trusting in God, however, he believed and help
arrived.
God did not send a sudden squall of rain for that
immediate neighborhood, nor did he provide some
supernatural source of water in that place.
Instead, Elijah was to arise, go to Zarephath and
dwell there. Only at Zarephath would a widow
provide food for him.
Few of us have faced the extremity this widow
experienced. It seemed as though each day she
might face starvation; yet each day by faith she
trusted God to meet her need.
The result was that she and her house "did eat
many days" (1 Kings 17:15). God supplied not a
year at a time but a day at a time.
This is what we need with regard to God's grace.
We do not need a great stockpile of it for future
use but a daily appropriation of it, which God
supplies freely.
The manna was gathered daily, not in the evening
but in the morning, and each one gathered for
himself. So must we accept grace from God.
We cannot hoard today's grace for tomorrow or
call on yesterday's grace for today. We cannot
gather enough on a Sunday to last a whole week.
We need to have daily contact with God,
particularly in the morning.
"Give us this day our daily bread" (Matt. 6:11).
Midi: The Lord's Prayer
