"So Elijah said to her, 'Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth.'"
I Kings 17:13-14
The prophet Elijah was on the run after delivering God's message of judgment to King Ahab. With a drought gripping the land, God directed Elijah north into enemy territory—hardly a logical destination. Yet Elijah obeyed.
There he encountered a poor widow gathering sticks for what she believed would be her final meal. Elijah asked her not only for water, but for the first portion of her last bit of food. It sounds so insensitive, so selfish. But Elijah was acting in obedience to God and inviting this woman into a moment of faith.
He promised that if she honored God first, He would provide. And she decided to trust God and obey. Against all reason, she put God first—and He met her needs day after day throughout the drought. The flour never ran out. The oil never failed.
God often invites us into similar moments. He asks us to trust Him even when it doesn't make sense—especially when it doesn't make sense. Faith moves us out of our comfort zone to trust God.
Where are you struggling to put God first? Finances, family, career, control? When we surrender what little we think we have, God proves He is more than enough.