Arise and Eat
There are three stories in 1 Kings of Elijah being fed through the Lord’s power. The first is when he was at the brook Cherith. The Lord commanded him, “And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook” (1 Kings 17:4-6). This was during the famine in the land, and Elijah miraculously received food from the birds of the air. When the brook dried up, the Lord gave him this command, “Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.” First the Lord had commanded the ravens to feed his prophet; now He had commanded a Gentile widow to feed him. When Elijah showed up he asked her for water and said, “Bring me, I p...