📖 Elijah said to her, “Don’t worry about a thing. Go ahead and do what you’ve said. But first make a small biscuit for me and bring it back here. Then go ahead and make a meal from what’s left for you and your son. This is the word of the God of Israel: ‘The jar of flour will not run out and the bottle of oil will not become empty before God sends rain on the land and ends this drought.’” 

And she went right off and did it, did just as Elijah asked. And it turned out as he said—daily food for her and her family. The jar of meal didn’t run out and the bottle of oil didn’t become empty: God’s promise fulfilled to the letter, exactly as Elijah had delivered it! 

—I Kings 17: 13-16 The Message Bible 

When we act on the Word of God, we can trust that God’s promise will be fulfilled to the letter. Jesus said that “heaven and earth will pass away but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). God’s Word is dependable, and He can be trusted. Sometimes, it may look a little scary. There are times when our minds may give us a hard time, but God always comes through, always. I am sure the widow was hesitant to obey the word of the Lord. She already had a plan, eat the little meal and die. The man of God had a better plan. He had a Word from God and that Word is what sustained the widow and her son, along with the prophet. They ate good in the middle of the famine. God’s Word works in good times and in bad times. God’s Word creates good times. Don’t be moved by circumstances. It does not matter what it looks like, God’s Word works. We walk by faith and not by sight. 

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