Do you ever feel dried up? Used and spent and completely drained of inspiration? That's how I feel right now. Exhaustion, fatigue, and emotions have caught up with me, and have left me wanting to do anything but write this blog. I feel like I have nothing left to give. I've talked about all of the verses that I know, shared all of the stories that I have, and given everything I have to give. I'm finished.
But God isn't. He still has more to give - He always has more to give. And He is standing there, just waiting for us to ask Him for it, just waiting for us to trust in His provision. His Word promises that He will always be there for us, that He will never leave us nor forsake us, and that He will never give us more than we can bear. So if you are parched and thirsty, take heart. Drink deep of His sustaining water. He's the one Well that will never run dry.
12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.’”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.
But God isn't. He still has more to give - He always has more to give. And He is standing there, just waiting for us to ask Him for it, just waiting for us to trust in His provision. His Word promises that He will always be there for us, that He will never leave us nor forsake us, and that He will never give us more than we can bear. So if you are parched and thirsty, take heart. Drink deep of His sustaining water. He's the one Well that will never run dry.
1 Kings 17:7-16
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the LORD came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10
So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was
there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a
little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.” 12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.’”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.
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