1Ki 17:1-3, And Elijah …, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, EXCEPT AT MY WORD.” Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, GET AWAY FROM HERE and turn eastward…
Jas 5:17, ELIJAH WAS A MAN WITH A NATURE LIKE OURS, AND HE PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT IT WOULD NOT RAIN; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
ELIJAH WAS JUST LIKE US, BUT HE KNEW HIS GOD AND RELIED UPON HIM! WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE!
1Ki 17:4, 9, And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS TO FEED YOU THERE.” … (9) SEE, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW THERE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.”
THE LORD HAS HIS WAY OF PROVIDING FOR HIS SERVANTS! HERE WE SEE THAT BOTH THE RAVENS AND THE WIDOW WERE COMMANDED TO PROVIDE FOR HIM! YET THE WIDOW DIDN’T KNOW THAT SHE WAS COMMANDED!
1Ki 17:13, … “DO NOT FEAR; …, BUT MAKE ME A SMALL CAKE FROM IT FIRST, AND BRING IT TO ME; AND AFTERWARD MAKE SOME FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR SON.
ALL SHE HAD WAS A HANDFUL OF FLOUR AND LITTLE OIL WHICH SHE PLANNED ON EATING WITH HER SON BEFORE DYING OF HUNGER, YET SHE BELIEVE THE WORD OF THE LORD!
Luk 12:24, Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; AND GOD FEEDS THEM. OF HOW MUCH MORE VALUE ARE YOU THAN THE BIRDS?