Three years, no rain. It’s been a long 3 years for the people of Israel. Now God is on the move again. God has been providing for Elijah through this whole time and now God is ready for Elijah to take action again. Read 1 Kings 18:1-2. Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth.” So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 1 KINGS 18:1‭-‬2 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.1-2.NASB This whole situation started when Elijah went…

Seeing is believing. Elijah had told the widow that he was a man of God. The widow had seen the food continue to replenish each day. However, it wasn’t until this moment that she believed. Read 1 Kings 17:23-24. Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.” Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.” 1 KINGS 17:23‭-‬24 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.17.23-24.NASB Each one of us, no matter how religious or…

God answers prayer. People can say all they want about feeling like God doesn’t hear them, but at the end of the day, God truly does answer prayer. Read 1 Kings 17:20-22. He called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?” Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child’s life return to him.” The Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he…

The widow’s son has died. The widow feels like it is a punishment. So what does Elijah do? Read 1 Kings 17:19. He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed. 1 KINGS 17:19 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.17.19.NASB Elijah took action. He wanted to make sure that whatever God’s plan that he was going to be right in line with it. He took the son from the widow and placed him in his own bed. When we see needs that others have, do we reach out and…

Assumptions. We make assumptions every day about why certain things happen or don’t happen. We think we understand the causes and we act, or react, based on these. Sometimes we are wrong. Read 1 Kings 17:17-18. Now it came about after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!” 1 KINGS 17:17‭-‬18 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.17.17-18.NASB…

Obedience. The widow heard the word of the Lord through Elijah. But more than just hearing, she took action. She followed through. Read 1 Kings 17:15-16. So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah. 1 KINGS 17:15‭-‬16 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.17.15-16.NASB God did what He said He would do. The widow trusted Elijah and followed through. Her obedience was a positive impact for both her and Elijah. Now, God would have…