Dried up and Fed Up

The rain annoying and useful

What can we do when we are dried up and fed up?

1 Kings 17:7–15 NLT

But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land. Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.” So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?” As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.” But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.” But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!” So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.

What can we do when we are dried up and fed up?

God can Sustain until the Rain

Me: Truck on fumes

We: We all need sustained sometimes

God: This women was about to give up, but by offering what little she had left God sustained, her, her son and Elijah until the dry spell was over.

God had already told her to feed Elijah so her plan was to disobey, until Elijah told her what God would do if she obeyed.

She could have eaten her last and died, but she gave it to God and survived.

Reminds me of the boy with the fishes and loaves...

You: What’s this mean for you?

1. Remember God can sustain till the rain

2. Give your best to God

3. Remember This season will pass

We: