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1 Kings 17:1-7

by Rev. Ernest Dyck

1 Kings 17:1-7 (NASB)
1  Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2  The word of the LORD came to him, saying, 3  “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4  “It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.” 5  So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 6  The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

James 5:17-18 (NASB)
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for 3 years and 6 months.  Then he prayed again,
and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

1 Kings 16:34 (NASB)
34  In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kings 17: 7 (NASB)                                                                                                                      7  It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

1.  It does not matter where you come from in the Christian life.

2.  Great opportunities sometimes lead to hibernation for growth.

3.  The will of God is not always glamorous.

4.  The natural laws of man do not always bend around the church.

5.  Do not run when your brook runs dry.