“The God of Brook and Ravens…is all sufficient God who meets our daily needs”
Courtesy: Roger B.
I Kings 17:1-5, …then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn to eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there…(NIV).”
God uses the smallest things to test our faith and proved His- all- sufficient and manifest miracles in our Christian life. In the same way if it were not the brook and ravens that had not quenched the thirst and feed the hunger of Elijah in the Kerith Ravine. There would be no witnessed and miracle experience of new life for the widow and her dead son and no proved of the truth in the prophecy (1 Kings 17:22-24). The obedience and humbleness of Elijah and the widow led them to experience unconditional layers of God’s blessings in their real life dilemma situation in the history. Brook and Ravens were used as the foundation of blessing for Elijah to meet the widow and her dead son’s physical and spirituals needs. He is the God of sufficient to every soul and life.
Matthew reminded us the sufficient God in relationship with birds of the air, and the lilies of the field that do not labor but fed them well by Him (Matt. 6:25-34). How much more valuable life will it be before God? How much more precious are we in the sight of God? How much more will He have compassion on us? Nothing will satisfy our lives and needs besides the living God, in whom we live, have and move our beings. He loves us and cares for us so much and accordingly He provides our needs sufficiently visible or invisible ways. He is an awesome God indeed.
The God of brook and ravens is all sufficient God who meets our daily needs because He is our Jehovah Jireh-the provider of all good blessings. All blessings flows from Him, the source of everything like the streams flows from the source and gathered to make a mighty ocean. The access point to the source is the faithfulness, obedience and humbleness before the creator and the supplier.
He is able and rich God and wants us to avail all the opportunity and the rights of privilege at anytime. We are called not to be poor and failures or defeated one because our God is rich and victory? But are we (believers and ministers) accessible to this source and enjoying all these richness of God? Let us reason together and learn from the Lord, our past, our sins, and failures and ask where have we gone wrong that the promise of God’s blessing did not come upon our lives (Isa. 1:18). You are Jehovah-Jireh- the provider and the source of everything that is on earth and in heaven.
Dear heavenly father, teach us to learn how to do good, seek your righteousness and justice, and rescue the widows and perishing souls (Isa. 1:17). Help us to live a life that is pleasing and after your own hearts and will so that we can access to your richness and abundance blessing as we continue to serve you and the dying world. Thank you Lord for the provision that always sustains us.
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