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See the
faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had
daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in a time
of famine; and now, in addition, the prophet Elijah was to be
fed too.
But though the need was threefold yet the supply of meal wasted
not, for she had a constant supply. Each day she made calls upon
the barrel, but yet each day it remained the same.
You, dear reader, have daily necessities, and because they come
so frequently, you are apt to fear that the barrel of meal will
one day be empty, and the cruse of oil will fail you.
Rest assured that, according to the Word of God, this shall not
be the case. Each day, though it bring its trouble, shall bring
its help; and though you should live to outnumber the years of
Methuselah and though your needs should be as many as the sands
of the seashore, yet shall God's grace and mercy last through
all your necessities, and you shall never know a real lack. For
three long years, in this widow's days, the heavens never saw a
cloud, and the stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the
wicked earth: famine, and desolation, and death, made the land a
howling wilderness, but this woman never was hungry, but always
joyful in abundance.
So shall it be with you. You shall see the sinner's hope perish
for he trusts his native strength; you shall see the proud
Pharisee's confidence totter, for he builds his hope upon the
sand; you shall see even your own schemes blasted and withered,
but you yourself shall find that your place of defense shall be
the munition of rocks: "Your bread shall be given you, and
your water shall be sure. " Better have God for your
guardian, than the Bank of England for your possession. You
might spend the wealth of the Indies, but the infinite riches of
God you can never exhaust.
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