Elijah has asked a widow to give him a piece of bread. We pick up with 1 Kings 17:12, 14 – But [the widow] said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” Elijah instructs the widow to not be afraid and to make a small cake for him in addition to something for her and her son saying, “For thus says the LORD the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.”
I can only imagine the pain this widow must have felt as she was gathering those few sticks to prepare her final meal for her son. It is precisely at this moment that she is offered the chance to make a leap of faith, to have hope amidst her hopelessness. In our times of greatest need, may we hear God as clearly as she did.
Prayer:
Gracious God who gives us hope, give us ears that hear your voice gently guiding us throughout the day. AMEN.
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