DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 15:33-16:34; Jeremiah 27-28; Col. 4:2-18
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 1 Kings 17:7
By God’s power, spoken through the prophet Elijah, a prolonged drought (not even the falling of dew!) had descended upon Israel. Bread and water were in short supply. So God sent His prophet to abide by the brook Cherith, for his water supply. So God used ravens, normally scavenger birds, to feed him bread there and then the brook dried up! God’s resource for His servant was taken away because of God’s own actions. How would you respond if you were Elijah in that situation: faith in God or rebellion? God tries our faith, sometimes to a seeming extreme. But He has said: “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” —Doug Kazen
My Shepherd is the Lamb, the living Lord who died;
With all things good I ever am, by Him in love supplied. —John Beaumont