Were you dispossessed? You are injured? Betrayed? Are you now abandoned? You are desperate? Have you given up or are you about to? Healing is coming to you today! The poor and desperate widow at the gate of Sarepta and her only son were assaulted, wounded, and also left to die until God sent his servant to rescue them. He is also sending you help! The story of this desperate woman is one of the most interesting in the entire Bible. She has been grieving over the irreparable loss of her husband and possibly the breadwinner. She has been struggling to take care of herself and her only son. And now, there is a food crisis, hunger caused by the total drought in the land that has left them with one last meal before starving. My God! A poor, hungry, desperate, hopeless and depressed widow with a child waiting to die. Jesus Christ! What situation can be worse than this? Tell me. You already know that widowhood is one of the most difficult tests in life. Suddenly you lose your partner, your best friend, your helper, your partner, your glory, your encouragement, your protector, your pride, your confidant and your counselor and suddenly you become lonely, depressed , naked and single again. I think that is why we are seriously warned to always take good care of the widows among us. This must be in our first line of responsibility as a church and as individuals.
Elijah himself was no better. Like the rest of the Israelites, he was unhappy with the wickedness, paganism, demonism, etc., in the nation. Imagine the level of recidivism when the King of Israel lost his mind to marry Jezebel; the daughter of a pagan king and also joined her in-laws in the satanic worship of Baal. It didn’t end there. Ahab also built temples, shrines, and towers for this detestable, demonic, and bloodthirsty pagan god. Jezebel brought demonism, witchcraft, lust, greed. Sorcery and the fall of the king and the people of Israel. Please be careful who you marry or associate with. God seriously warned us not to be yoked together with the wicked because they will surely lead you away from righteousness into ungodliness and destruction. You already know the unenviable story and end of the wicked Ahab and Jezebel and the pain they caused Israel. God used the prophet Elijah to intervene. He closed the sky and shot out. No rain, no dew on the ground. Yes, ungodliness, disobedience, idolatry, the occult, bloodshed can bring drought, curses, punishments, confusion, premature deaths, and lack of progress to individuals, families, and individuals. The man of God was directed to a stream, where he drank and was miraculously fed by ravens. But soon the stream dried up and he was again told to go to the city of Sarepta to meet a widow who would support him until the drought ended. A desperate Elijah was directed to meet a distraught widow who was waiting to die. Woof! I can’t really understand this God. He did not send it to the palace. He did not send it to the rich or at least to people who still had provisions for a few days, but to a poor widow who has one last meal to eat and die. Your miracle, your liberation, your answer is coming from where you did not expect. It will surpass all human imaginations and calculations!
Everything about Elijah and this widow was negative: no water, no food, no help, no future, no hope, and the imminent threat of starvation. What is your situation now? Are you dispossessed of your right? Are you distressed? Were you betrayed? Is your source or hope as dry as that stream? Perhaps the reliable supplies have ceased and the crows (help) are no longer coming? Or do you only have a little left, but after that you will be in deep crisis? He is not very sure that he can survive and move on due to what is happening now. Listen now, don’t give up! People have been through the worst situations and survived them. You are sure to be a living testimony through this. Yes. All of these negatives are turning into positives now! As you read this, you are being given solutions in the name of Jesus! This is not over. I have prayed for you. You will not sink into this! You will not die. You will live and shine again! God healing your wounds and also giving you back what you lost. Encourage! Share this message with others, please.
Gabriel is the author of the books / audiobooks: The Power of Midnight Prayer, Receive Your Healing, Breaking Generational Curses: Claiming Your Freedom, Never Again !, I Will Not Die, Advance, Power of Sacrifice, Prepare for That Battle and many others
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