I was reading my Daily Bible reading this morning on 1 Kings 17 v 1-24 I sat there for a while and realised what a powerful passage this really was.  That’s what is wonderful about Gods word the more you think about it and ponder it and study it , new things come out of it.

I was struck by the way God provided for Elijah. We often think that maybe God wont come through this time or we think God needs to come through in our way , the way we see it should happen. But that’s not right. Yes of course we need to come to God and ask for His provision/help/healing etc but leave it up to God how that is to be accomplished. To leave it all in His hands. We need to trust Him, He knows best and knows exactly what we need and when.

How would you or i feel about ravens coming to meet our needs? Would we have trusted God with this? Believed God? I mean fully believed. Elijah did ‘He went and did according to the word of the Lord’.When i was off work last year with stress/anxiety I wanted the Lord to come and bring His healing. I wanted to be healed straight away. I used to cry to God, help me Lord please just take this away. But God in His wisdom didn’t quite do that. He provided people  ( my ravens ) People who prayed with me , took time to be with me and God showed me many things through scripture He gave me or gave others for me. I learnt a lot through that time and i praise God with all my heart that He did provide, He did heal in His way and in His timing. I also learnt we don’t need to plead with God He knows all about what we are going through and we need to pray in faith that He will bring that healing/need. We also need to do our part by speaking to our mountains. The Lord shows us that in His Word , He commanded the sickness to go, the demons to go , or the man to pick up His mat and walk etc

It is hard when you are going through dark times, don’t get me wrong. You may be suffering now and not know which way to turn, cant see the light at the end of the tunnel , dont give up praying and seeking. He will provide. Trust Him Hold on to Him. Ask others to pray for you which i believe is so important, our brothers and sisters joining together in faith.

The other thing i wanted to mention that struck me this morning , you know the story at the end of this were the dear widows child died. Her immediate reaction to this was ‘You have come to bring my sin to remembrance and to put my son to death.’ This resonated with me as i have often when things have happened in my past thought , I’ve done this , i’ve brought this on myself ,what have i done wrong now?  Have you done this? Yes there are times when we deliberately go against God  and we have to pay the consequences of that sin , God in His great mercy forgives us when we come to Him and repent but we still have to go through the consequences of that sin. But there are times where some things just happen. That’s life. We are not in heaven yet. You have not done anything wrong. Just cling to the Rock , stand firm and He will be with you. He loves you and He will provide