Message Title: It's Not the Size of Mountain that Matters It's the Size of Your Faith
Scripture: 1Kings 17:12
1 Kings 17:12
So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a
handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that
I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
The prophet Elijah was hiding out
when the brook he was using to sustain himself dried up. He was then told by
God to leave and there would be a widow women who would take care of him. When
he meets her she tells him, she is about to eat the last of her food and her
and her son would then wait to die.
Elijah, the man of God knew what God
had told him and that God would supply both of their needs. The widow women had
given up and accepted the fact she and her son were going to die. Now God, did
not wish for either one of them to die. But, in order to save both he had to
allow the brook to dry up. Which made Elijah move from a comfortable spot to somewhere
unknown, for Elijah to be available to increase the widow’s faith to save them
both. We might ask, why didn’t God just provide for the both of them where they
were at in their current position?
Verse 12 “So she said, “As the Lord your God lives…”
She didn’t know God did the in the
way Elijah did.
Therefore, her faith did not allow
God to move on her half alone. God had to send Elijah to show her that God
would supply her needs and when she was able to see that her faith was then
increased.
You can be one of two people in this
story.
1.
Elijah who by no fault
of his own gets moved from a cozy little brook to increase the faith of someone
else. How many times do we find ourselves in a w spot in life and wonder why.
Do we ever consider that this very well be for the benefit of the ones around
us to see God working on our lives.
2.
We could take the role
of the widow women who needs something from God but doesn’t have the faith to
receive it. Are you looking at God in someone else’s life hoping he will help
you or are you desiring to know God on a personal level?
Music Worship Leaders:
JW & Sharon Peck
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