Let’s look at: 1st Kings 17:15-16
II. Unlikely Abundance
This woman must have recognized that Elijah was trustworthy and not ordinary. She’s in the presence of a man that is so blessed by God that He sends him carryout twice a day. She must have seen blessing all over him. In her hopeless situation, her faith produced her miracle.
She prepared the cake, and Elijah sat down to eat it -- there was enough to go around for all three of them. The next day she looked and there was a little more cornmeal in her bowl. And there was a little more oil. She thought she remembered using it all up, but now there’s more. So she uses it and makes another little cake, and the three of them eat it. And day by day by day, God continued to provide for them.
For over two years, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed on a faith produced miracle. When everyone around them was struggling to get by, they had their needs met by God. It wasn’t a feast, it wasn’t steak and potatoes, but it is was food, and God was providing. God has a marvelous way of taking care of us. Sometimes God uses miraculous ways, and sometimes not. But he has always taken care of his people. Paul said it best in Philippians 4:19, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus."
It is our faith that produces miracles in our lives. God has unlikely sources, unlikely people, and unlikely abundance waiting to bless us. Elijah had to follow God’s step by step process. He had to:
A. Tell the truth
B. Hear God
C. Obey God
D. Move with Go
then he & others were
E. Sustained by God
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