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Big God Delivers by Filip Brunner
H
owever, does God have to deliver? More precisely,
the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of
is God obligated to “do” anything for His Creation?
sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee,
In a world of superheroes like “The X-Men”
a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was
and “The Avengers,” it is no wonder that people are
going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray
disillusioned with the day-to-day same old same old. We are
thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the
searching for something greater outside of ourselves, and
Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of
we fail to find it.
meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am
First, God always delivers (according to His own will).
gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me
God is able. We quote Philippians 4:19: “But my God shall
and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said
supply all your need according to his riches in glory by
unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make
Christ Jesus” as if it were some magical formula and then
me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after
act hurt and disappointed when God does not deliver the
make for thee and for thy son.”
things we want.
God expected the widow to take care of the needs of
We forget the context of the passage, which is that we need to finance the ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
God’s minister first, and then He sustained her household, including Elijah, for the duration of the famine.
and not be afraid to do so because God will supply our
“For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of
needs. It was the same with the biblical account of the
meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until
widow of Zarephath and the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings 17.
the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.”
There was a famine in Israel, and God told the prophet
I have to ask myself, how big is my God, and how much
Elijah to go to Zarephath and live with a widow and her
do I trust Him? Do I take care of the needs of the ministry
son, and God promised to take care of them there.
of Gospel first, or do I expect God to jump each time I have
And when he came to the gate of
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a need or want I want God to fulfill? My God knows my needs, and He wants me to exercise my faith.
About The Author
“So he arose and went to Zarephath.
Filip Brunner is married to his wife, Dr. Kim Brunner and together they have six children. He is a writer, author, and artist.
