Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

We spent today in the Northern Kingdom of Israel following more of King Ahab's story.

You may recall from yesterday in 1633 that he was God's least favorite king so far,

and today's reading gave us a little more insight into why. The prophet Elijah tells King Ahab that

God is sending a drought on Ahab's kingdom. Then God tells Elijah to get out of there and sends him to

live far away from Ahab near a creek. There's not any food there either. But since God invented birds,

he tells a few of them to bring Elijah food every morning and evening. All is well and good until the

creek dries up. At this point, I wonder if Elijah questioned if God had really sent him there.

Obedience doesn't guarantee everything will go our way, or even what we perceive to be God's way.

God sends Elijah to a new location, Zarifeth on the Mediterranean coastline. Upgrade. God tells him that

he has commanded a widow there to feed him. Awesome. But when Elijah shows up, she's like,

you want food? Oh, sure, let me just whip something up out of thin air.

Maybe you haven't noticed there's a drought. My son and I are literally about to starve to death.

God sent Elijah to get something from someone who had nothing. At this point, it's starting to look like God is cruel.

But not to worry, Elijah tells her God is about to multiply her food miraculously, and

her supplies won't end until the drought does.

Lest we forget, God made it rain food in the wilderness to feed three million people for 40

years, so he can cover three people in a drought with both hands tied behind his back.

Even though they have food, the widow's son gets really sick, and she blames Elijah.

The hits just keep coming.

But it's actually a saving grace for this widow that Elijah is there, because God is about to work through him to heal her son.

In Hebrew, the text never actually says the son dies.

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