Keeping your head above of water in a downturn economy is a challenge for most anybody. Elijah had just told Ahab, "There will be no rain during the next few years until I give the word." Israel had turned to other gods and was about to feel the wrath of their backsliding.
God knows how to take care of His kids during tough times. When employment is rising, when nations are recklessly out of control with their budgets, God knows how to provide for his own.
God tells Elijah; "Get down to the brook of Cherith, for the Lord hath commanded the ravens to feed you there." Getting right where the Lord has commanded you is paramount. If Elijah had of chosen any other place, he would have missed God's place of provision.
Many times people panic in a famine, how am I going to feed my family, how am I going to keep the lights on, put gas in the car, keep a roof over my family? There are benefits in doing exactly what His word tells you to do.
Elijah went to the place where God told him to go, and there at the brook of Cherith ravens showed up with bread to feed him each morning and evening, and there was water to refresh him in this famine.
God rules over the earth and isn't intimidated by it's forces or it's wrath. Elijah was sitting in the cocoon of God's protection and plans and therefore would be just fine in the wrath of this season on the earth.
Are you in His will today? Are you following His word in your giving back of the tithe as He instructs in Malachi 3:8-12? He promises to open the heavens for us if were doing what He tells us to do. God knows how to send rain when were following him with our hearts and our hands. God is more than able to provide for you and your family? Follow his blueprint, it will not mislead you.
There are blessings even in a famine when you're in the will of God. God had given Elijah an assignment and would take care of His son to fulfill the mandate that was given.
When you know you're in His will and His plan, fear nothing, God is greater than any famine that has the power to swallow you up. He controls even the ravens that deliver just what you have need of. Be confident today that, "My God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory." (Phillipians 4:19)
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