Just a Handful of Flour and a Little Oil
Bible passage: 1 Kings 17:8-14
“Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.” 11 As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.” 12 But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 13 Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. 14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.”
Dear brothers and sisters, nowadays, people have become heartless without affection. Though they enjoy financial abundance, they’re so depleted mentally. When people lived in poverty, when they got something to eat, they shared it with their neighbors. Even though they had to shiver with cold, they were willing to share their coal briquettes with others. Those were the days when people didn’t have high fences. They didn’t fear for safety even with their doors unlocked. So, we see elderly people missing those days, saying that they were happier back then. But, what about now? People are so busy with their lives that they have no interest in other people’s business.
