1 kings 17:15
"And she went and did as Elijah said..."
I'm so inspired by stories that display great faith. I think many times my faith matches the disciples when they were in the boat and the storm came. "Save us Lord, for we are perishing". The King of Creation responds, "Why are you afraid, O you of little faith" (Matthew 8:23-27)
See, Elijah had been commanded by the Lord "Arise, go" to a place where the Lord had commanded a widow to feed him. When he gets there the widow responds honestly. Realistically. "As the Lord your God lives..." (v. 12) She has enough food to feed her and her son. Nothing more.
I don't think I've ever been to the point where I will prepare my last meal that I would "eat it and die". That's it. Nothing left. No hope of more. But the widow responds to Elijah's call to prepare something for him. "For thus says the Lord the God of Israel". She believed God. She trusted the Word of God. Even in the face of death she "went and did as Elijah said."
See, Elijah had been commanded by the Lord "Arise, go" to a place where the Lord had commanded a widow to feed him. When he gets there the widow responds honestly. Realistically. "As the Lord your God lives..." (v. 12) She has enough food to feed her and her son. Nothing more.
I don't think I've ever been to the point where I will prepare my last meal that I would "eat it and die". That's it. Nothing left. No hope of more. But the widow responds to Elijah's call to prepare something for him. "For thus says the Lord the God of Israel". She believed God. She trusted the Word of God. Even in the face of death she "went and did as Elijah said."
