ACE #286: The Surprise Supply

1 Kings 17 

Elijah Is Fed by Ravens

17 Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”

² Then a message from the Lord came to Elijah. It said, ³ “Leave this place. Go east and hide in the Kerith Valley. It is east of the Jordan River. ⁴ You will drink water from the brook. I have ordered some ravens to feed you there.”

⁵ So Elijah did what the Lord had told him to do. He went to the Kerith Valley. It was east of the Jordan River. He stayed there. ⁶ The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning. They also brought him bread and meat in the evening. He drank water from the brook.

There’s something to be said about God meeting our needs in the most unexpected and profound ways. 

God could have sent an angel.  After all, He’d done that before.

He could have sent a person, even a complete stranger, to help Elijah.  He’d done that before too.

But, no.  He sent a bird to feed His prophet - a bird to carry both bread and meat for a grown man.  I am sure Elijah was grateful that he obeyed God's instructions specifically because he "did what the Lord had told him to do."  His hunger and his thirst were met in the morning and in the evening.

The power of God to do big things in simple and extraordinary ways is just, well…amazing.

Who or what is God sending your way to supply your needs?