The Whole Story for the Whole Family by Michael Kelley

Author:Michael Kelley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion/Christian Living/Devotional
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2021-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

Flour and Oil

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Place a box of tissues in front of the family as you begin family devotion. Ask them what will happen if you pull a tissue out of the box. Obviously, another tissue will come up in its place. Explain that you might do this many more times, and a tissue will still come up. But eventually, you will come to the last tissue in the box, and then there won’t be anything left to replace it. In order for the tissues to go on appearing forever, there would have to be an inexhaustible supply of tissues feeding into the box. Now transition to today’s portion of the story, explaining that you will see today that God’s resources have no limit. He can provide for all His children, for all time.

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1 Kings 17:8–16

Explain

The kingdom of Israel was split into two kingdoms—Israel in the north, and Judah in the south. Eventually, a wicked king named Ahab rose to the throne in the north, but the true power, and the even greater wickedness, did not lie with Ahab but instead to his wife, Jezebel. Elijah was the prophet of God who stood against the idolatry and evil of the king and queen, and they hated him for it. Elijah, though, remained committed to following the Word of the Lord, so when God told him to go to a place called Zarephath, he got up and went.

God knows everything and everyone, and cares for even the least among all humanity, so it should not surprise us that God was willing to send someone as seemingly important as Elijah to help someone as seemingly unimportant as this nameless widow. Her situation was desperate, and God saw her need. He provided for her in a miraculous way. She would not go hungry; just as God provided manna for the Israelites in the wilderness every morning, so also would this woman find each day that she had everything she needed to make bread.

No matter how small we think we are, God sees us. And not only does He see us, He will provide all we need from His abundant riches.

Reflect

1. How did God provide for the widow?

2. What can we learn from this part of the story about God?

3. What is the difference in God giving us everything we want and everything we need?

Pray

Lord, thank You that there is no one too small for You. Thank You that we can trust You to care for us and provide what we need.

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