ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH II

*06/05/2026*


*MID WEEK SERVICE*


TOPIC:

*WHAT DOES GOD DO?*

CONTINUING PROVISION AND PRESENCE 

- God will sometimes overrule the natural order by the miraculous 

True Miracles 

Elijah

1 Kings 17-18; 2 Kings 1

ELIJAH TO ZAREPHATH II

1 Kings 17:7-24

On arriving at Zarephath, Elijah met a widow near the town gate. Just as Eliezer had asked Rebecca for a drink outside the town of Nahor (Genesis 24:17), so Elijah requested a drink from the widow, as well as something to eat (Exodus 17:10-11). The widow told him of her poverty and that she and her son were down to the last of their food. But the prophet reassured her, *Don’t be afraid* and promised that the Lord would sustain her till the end of the drought (Exodus 17:12-14). The widow did as she was told. She believed the word of God and was obedient to it (Exodus 17:15-16).

Many years later, Jesus would mention her as an example of someone with faith (Luke 4:26). Her supply of oil and flour lasted to the end of the famine.


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