GOD SUSTAINS

The story of the Zarephath widow shows how God sustains us. God sustained her in a famine season. She had only a handful of flour and a little oil left in her house. She believed it would be her last meal and that of her son. So she went to fetch firewood so that she could prepare it and die.

It was until she met the prophet of God that her situation turned around. The Prophet Elijah asked her to make bread for him and then make for her family. This sounded absurd to her and she tried explaining her condition to Prophet Elijah. Who assured her that she would not die and that God would sustain her during the drought season.

She believed, and first made bread for him then made for her son and herself and true to God’s words, her jar of oil never got exhausted and her bowl overflowed! Her obedience spared her household while others died during the drought.

It is important for us to note that the drought did last for only a few months no! It continued for three and half years. Looking at her situation there was no way a handful of flour and a little oil would have lasted for three and half years unless by God’s divine intervention. Many people died during this season because of starvation but her willingness to obey God at the time saved her and her child.

Something happens when we rely solely on God’s help. He intervenes in our situations. When we know that God’s cup never runs dry, we will put our trust in him no matter the circumstances surrounding us or even in the hardest of situations. He says, “Come to me all who are heavily burdened and I will give you rest”. Matt 11:28. His word is sure. The Zarephath widow’s predicament was sorted and she was at rest during this period. Remember Jesus multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish? That’s what he does. He takes that which is insufficient to us and supernaturally multiplies it. He divinely intercedes and sustains us throughout all life seasons.