Elijah

1 Kings 17:16

I can only imagine how the poor widow must have felt when she encountered Elijah. Not only did he ask her for a drink he also asked the unthinkable. To take the precious last of her flour and oil to make him bread. She was down to nothing, barely holding on, trying to feed her starving son. Every instinct must have told her to cling tightly to what little she had left. And yet, she obeyed. She trusted. And because of that, God took her little and turned it into more than enough. Isn’t that just like Him? How often does He ask us to let go of something when we feel like we have nothing left to give? Maybe it’s our time, our resources, our trust. It’s scary, because we only see what’s in front of us. But God sees beyond. He sees the provision, the blessing, and the abundance waiting on the other side of our obedience. If we hold on too tightly, we miss out on the miracle. But if we trust Him, He will take what little we have and multiply it beyond anything we could have imagined. He did it for the widow, and He promises to do the same for us.