[Spiritual] Care Packages

God always provides for His people!  Even in economic distress, He gives us what we have need of.  Let me show you a few examples:

In I Kings 17:5-6 the Prophet Elijah has run away from Jezabel (who was trying to kill him) and he hid out at a brook.  He was exhausted, hungry, and desperately depressed.  God supernaturallly flew in a care package for him.  Ravens brought him bread and meat to eat.  He rested there by the brook for quite some time.  Then--the brook dried up, so he had to move on.

There was famine (an economic crisis) in the land, due to a long drought.  Crops had dried up and food was scarce.  God directed Elijah to a widow's house [I Kings 17:12-16].  The widow only had enough flour and oil for one more meal for her and her son.  Elijah asked her to feed him...and she did!  And God miraculously kept the flour barrel and the oil flask filled 'til the drought ended.  God used a poor widow lady (a single mother with a son) to be a participant and a receiver in this miracle.

God works in mysterious ways....that's for sure!  But we must faithfully follow His ways to receive the blessings.   Even when we can't see the blessing, we must believe (by faith) that He will provide.

Many years ago, my husband and I decided to pay our weekly tithe--knowing that, if we did so, we wouldn't have any money left over to buy groceries.  We were standing in faith--believing God would somehow provide for our needs.  On Tuesday of that week, my mother-in-law came to our house carrying two grocery bags of leftovers from the sororiety she cooked for in BGSU.  She was "madder than a wet hen"--she said to us, "the girls won't eat these leftovers....so if you don't take this food I'm throwing it out!"  Inside the bags were pork chops, ham, etc.-etc.  She had no idea we needed the food.....but God provided (threw the hands of my mother-in-law).

FAITH is the substance of things HOPED for....of things not yet seen!  [Hebrews 11:1]

If you continue to BELIEVE, you'll RECEIVE what you have need of....just put your TRUST in God!