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aim to please people, but like Paul says,
GAS we were allowed of God to be put in
trust with the gospel, even SO we speak,
not as pleasing men, but God who tr1eth
our hearts" Il Thess. ii. 4; Gal. i, 1O).
8. "Get thee hence and turn thee east
ward and hide thyself by the brook Cher
it'll, that is before Jordan" 1t is a greet
thing, perhaps the greatest thing, in the
life of a child of God to learn to live alone
with God. Our Lord Jesus was much
alone with His Father both in the humble
home in Nazareth and after He entered
upon His public work.
4. "And it shall be that thou shalt drink
of the brook, and have commanded the
ravens to feed thee there" When we are
on the Lords business, and just where He
would have us to be, all our temporal
needs are sure to be- supplied (Math. vi,
33). We shall always: find THAT which We
have need Of day by day without fall
ezra vi, 81.
s. $50 he went and did according unto
the word of the Lord Willing and obedt-
emit is always the way of blessing Elsa. l,
19). Elijah asked no questions and made
no suggestions, but simply obeyed. God
has as clear a plan for each of us as He
had for Elijah, and If we are only willing
and obedient He will guide us in it.
6. "And the ravens brought him bread
and flesh in the morning and bread and
flesh in the evening, and he drank of the
brook We are not to have fellowship
with that which is in Gods sight unclean
or seek help from the ungodly. but if he
commands the Ttnclean to minister unto
us we are to accept all things as from Him
and be thankful II Thess. V; 1S).
2. "And it came to pass after awhile
that the brook dried up because there had
been no rain in the land" If Elijah had
depended upon the brook, he would nat
Ii
ing less and less day by day, but depend
ing upon God he could say, "An my
springs are in Thee Cps. lxxxvii, 2,
80 Christ, thou art my fountain ever
flowing, and my sweet wayside brook is
Thine and NINE He is Ell Shaddai. the
mighty God who is all sufficient (Gen.
xvii, y.
8. "And the word of the Lord came I'M
to him, saying.'' We need a fresh word
from the Lord for every occasion. What
He told us to do last time may not be His
message for MS next time, even though the
circumstances may be very similar. See IL
Sam. v, 10, 23. We must wait on our God
continually and trust in Him with all our
heart and lean not to or own under
standing, then we shall always be sure Of
guidance tHos. xii, 6; Prov. iii, 8; lisa.
Xxx, 21). We must gather mamma fresh
every morning.
9. ga rise, get thee to Zarephath, which
belonge th to Zidon, and dwell there. Be-
hold, have commanded a widow women
there to- sustain thee These are His new
orders. God has been watchir His child,
and dcabtdess Elijah had communion with
God eVery day.
10. $50 he arose and went to Zare>
phatb- And there was the widow woman
at the gate of the city gathering sticks
and he asked her to bring him drink OF
water. Perhaps as the Lord whispered to
Samus l, ''Behold the man" I Sam. tx,
I'D, 81 Q may have whispered to Elijah.
"This is the woman of whom I told thee. "
II. "And as she was going to fetch 1t he
called to her and said, Bring me, pray
thee, morsel Of bread in thine hand. "
His v yants were not many, either in the
way lof food or raiment. He did not live
to ea t, but to do the will of God. Like our
Lord Jesus, his meat was to do the will OF
Hin. that sent him, and he knew that
br sd would be given him and his water
W. Jrlld be sure. 1t is good thing to learn
to fbe content in any state whether full or
b nngry phil iv, II, 49,
H. "And she said, AS the Lord thy God
Aveth, have not a cake, but an handful
OF meal in a barrel and a little oil in q
oruse.'' This is her pitiful story, with the
added item that when she and her son had
eaten this she expected they would have to
die. Perhaps her poor heart was saying,
ssHath God forgotten to be gracious?" and
she was wondering what some of His
promises could mean. 1t was surely her
extremity and His opportunity, for God
helps those who cannot help themselves
Cps. lxxii, 12).
10. "And Elijah said unto her: Fear
not. Go and do as thou hast said. But
make me thereof a little cake first and
bring it unto me, and after make for thee
and for thy son. 1t was not We +
abundant welcome for the man of God,
and some would feel that there was great
mistake somewhere But one who had
been ministered unto by ravens would not
be apt to faint in this emergency.
II. "For thus saith the Lord God Of Is
rael, The barrel of meal shall not waste,
neither shall the cruise of oil fail, until tho
day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the
earth" The God of Israel had fed mil
lions of people for 40 years with bread from
heaven. He had brought water out of the
rock for them He had divided the Red
sea and the Jordan He is the Creator OF
heaven and Arth, Hnd there is nothing too
wonderful for Him der. xxi, II, 80.
10. "And she went. and did according
to the saying of Elijah, and she and he
and her house did eat many days" The
margin says "a full year." Faith juct
believes what God says without any other
evidence, or in spite of all seeming evl-
dence to ,she contrary, and acts according
ly.
10. "Al I'd the barrel of meal wasted not,
neither di. the cruise of oil fail, according
to the wop d Of the Lord, which He spake
by Elijah But suppose, if possible, thai
she had infused to share it, what then?
There, had been no increase. Are you
sharj ng all you have with others or are
you saying, 81 have not enough for me
and mine, and giving to others is out of
the question:"
Il ard places give the Lord a chance to
shO " His power, and in the next incident
we see that He is the resurrection and tho
life and the son given back from the dead
wo uld be more to his mother than if he had
NO died. The word of the Lord is truth.
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II lswers to correspondents says, ga
% arried woman, when asked her