“Now I Know That You Are A Man Of God”

She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”

“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, 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 from your mouth is the truth.”

1 Kings 17:15-24

Have you ever reached the bottom and wondered why God allow this to happen to you?

God will provide for us, in His time, and we will learn from the experience.

At times we will wonder if God is punishing us. We forget that bad things can happen in this fallen world.

When the bottom drops out on us, may we – like Elijah – realize that the faithful One will not desert us. We can rest in God’s purposes as we pray for understanding.

God is good in both the good times and the bad.

Our Daily Bread – August 7, 2018