Preparing for change 

(I Kings 17.1-7) 

Just when you thought things were getting better... I'm reminded of that old 'Hee-Haw' song - "If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all." 

Let's look at that widow in Zarephath. First of all, she was a widow. That was pretty much a guarantee for poverty and a very hard life. She had a little boy (go back and double the poverty and hard life of the last sentence).

When she was down to her last pancake's worth of flour and oil along came Elijah and told her to fix that last pancake for him. There was then a period of time where she never ran out of oil and flour.

Then her son became sick and died. She blamed Elijah.

Well, why not? They were going to die of starvation, then they had all they wanted to eat...only for her son to now get sick and die.

I suspect she was a devote' of "Whatever doesn't kill you only postpones the inevitable."

But Elijah came through again. Wait - was it Elijah or was it God?

How many times do we associate good or bad turns of events with those nearby when it really isn't about them. It's about God!

"It is God who is at work in you to will and to do His good pleasure." Philippians 2:13