CALLED FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS
HAVE YOU GOT A LITTLE OIL?
God is asking you today, what you have in your hand? Elijah had just declared that there would be no rain for three years. It was a two edged word. Sharp, as famine would now come to the land. Yet he had spoken a word and the Lord backed it up. It did not fall to the ground. God raise up prophets like Elijah in whose mouth is no guile. Let them speak the Word of the Lord and let it come to pass just as it is spoken. You are raising up prophets in these last days whose words will not fall to the ground. Elijah moved from this place of seeming victory in speaking for the Lord to a place of even deeper humility. The Word of the Lord said"go eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith and I have commanded the ravens to feed you here". Humbling at best.
A true prophet will be hand fed by the Lord. God trains His prophets in His school of learning and many lessons are yet to be learned from the Lord. His school of learning is not easy but afterward it will bear much fruit. He was fed twice a day by the Lord and the raven brought him flesh and bread. Soon however the water dried up. Have you ever had a seeming good supply of something suddenly dry up? God may just be saying it is time to move on.
God uses those in the body of Christ sometimes to meet our need and we need to be open and hear His voice. Now the Lord told Elijah to go to Zarephath and that He had commanded a widow to take care of Him. Might we have complained if the Lord did the same to us? Elijah obeyed and went and it opened a door of provision and one of being used mightily by the Lord.
He called out to the widow and asked her to bring bread. The Lord was setting up a circumstance for healing here and some lessons can be learned. She said as the Lord thy God liveth which means that she was not yet a believer in the Lord God of Israel. Her response was I have some meal and a little oil in a cruise.
God is asking you today. Do you have a little oil? Think about it! Do you have a little oil? Stir up the gift of the Holy Ghost within you and ignite the fire of His Spirit, Yes, you have a little oil. Look at what He has placed within you. Stoke the fire and stir up the gift that is within you. This woman was preparing to die, but God, had another plan. Perhaps you have been discouraged and ready to quit. God says do not quit. He is asking you a question. "Do you have a little oil"? Take a look at what I have given to you. I have brought you this far and will bring you the rest of the way. I filled you with My Spirit and yes you have a little oil. Let the fire begin to burn again in your heart. You have oil in your lamp. Victory, is just ahead. The Lord said the meal and oil would not run out. God is saying you will never run out of His supply for you. The oil in the house brought a miracle.
Soon this widows son was sick and died. She spoke out to Elijah and began to blame him, but God was there in the midst. Elijah knew His source of supply and turned to the Lord and cried out to Him. God heard and responded and the Lord hears you today and will respond to your cry. Open your heart to Him. It says, the Lord heard the voice of Elijah and the child revived. Out of this the woman became a believer. She said, now I know you are a man of God and that the Word of the Lord is in your mouth.
God is saying to you today, do you have a little oil? Step out in faith at my direction. There are those that need a miracle. They have seen no rain, they are discouraged and they need to see the hand of God move in their lives. I am going to use you in this hour and signs and wonders will follow those that believe. You who are my prophets need to step out in faith. Fill yourself with My oil for I have an abundant supply and it will never run out. I have living water that pours from My river of life and I would have you to give out that water and share Christ with many.
Step out in faith and use the little oil you have and I will fill you with even more even more abundant supply and the well will never go dry. Step out in faith and be used by the Lord today.
12And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 1 Kings 17:12
