You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. (1 Kings 17:4)
“You what God? Ravens are going to feed me?”
Can you imagine Elijah’s reaction when God told him to go camp by a brook where he could drink the water and he would send ravens in the morning and evening to bring him bread and meat? That way Elijah would be taken care of during the drought God was sending Israel. It might not have been hard for Elijah to believe God would command ravens to feed him. For Elijah, it was just another day in the life of following God. But God doesn’t do that sort of thing anymore. Or does he?
I haven’t heard of God using ravens recently but I have heard many miraculous stories of provision. I’ve even had miracles happen in my life. Like the night I prayed and told God that if he wanted me in ministry he was going to have to fix the mess of my credit card debt. I kind of said it jokingly. Honestly, I didn’t have the faith of Elijah and I certainly didn’t have the faith that God would fix my credit mess. But I did have the faith at that period in my life to start tithing. Even though I was facing financial ruin I started giving God ten percent. I did believe that God would be faithful to provide.
The very next day after praying that prayer I got a letter in the mail from a credit card company I owed $20,000 saying that I did not have to pay the debt. Not only did I not have to pay, the report of my deliquency was removed from my credit report. That was my raven.
