·1 Kings 17:1–16 (NIV84) - 1 “Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” 2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.” 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath”…

·       James 5:17 (TPT) 17 - “Elijah was a man with human frailties, just like all of us, but he prayed and received supernatural answers. He actually shut the heavens over the land so there would be no rain for three and a half years!”

OBEDIENCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE COMFORT

GOD ONLY GIVES US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR THE NEXT STEP – THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED THE JOURNEY OF FAITH

THE PROVISION OF GOD IS BOTH NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL

YOUR PROVISION IS IN THE PLACE OF OBEDIENCE

“I have ordered the ravens to feed you…there!”

God can do all the work for us supernaturally but instead, He chooses to partner with us. 

The miracle requires work on our part as well.

Why did God allow the brook to dry up?

·     The brook dried up because of the consequences of sin in the land.

·     God rarely lets us depend on one source forever.

·    The drying brook wasn't the end of God's provision.

·    It was the end of one season of God's provision.

When the brook dries up don’t chase water…chase God’s voice.

Don’t mistake the method for the mission.

Eventually the method becomes more sacred than the mission itself.

The God who provided at Cherith already has tomorrow's provision prepared at Zarephath.

·     Did anything stand out to you?

·     What is God specifically saying to you?

·     What are you going to do about it?