February 28 Evening Devotional | God’s Infinite Mercy and Grace| Morning and Evening by C.H.Spurgeon

Evening, February 28 | “The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah.” —1 Kings 17:16 (NASB)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 17:8-16 (NASB)

“Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” 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.” As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.” 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.” 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. 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.’ ” So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

See the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had daily necessities. She had herself and her son to feed in a time of famine; and now, in addition, the prophet Elijah was to be fed too. But though the need was threefold, yet the supply of flour was not exhausted, for she had a constant supply. Each day she made calls upon the bowl, but yet each day it remained the same.

You, dear friend, have daily necessities, and because they come so frequently, you are apt to fear that the bowl of flour will one day be empty, and the jar of oil will fail you. Rest assured that, according to the Word of God, this shall not be the case. Each day, though it bring its trouble, shall bring its help; and though you should live to outnumber the years of Methuselah, and though your needs should be as many as the sands of the seashore, yet shall God’s grace and mercy last through all your necessities, and you shall never know a real lack.

For three long years, in this widow’s days, the heavens never saw a cloud, and the stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the wicked earth. Famine, and desolation, and death, made the land a howling wilderness, but this woman never was hungry, but always joyful in abundance.
So shall it be with you. You shall see the sinner’s hope perish, for he trusts in himself; you shall see the proud Pharisee’s confidence crumble, for he builds his hope upon the sand; you shall see even your own schemes blasted and withered, but you yourself shall find that your place of refuge will be the impregnable rock: “Your bread will be given you, and your water will be sure.” (Isaiah 33:16) Better to have God for your guardian, than the Bank of England for your possession. You might spend the wealth of the nations, but the infinite riches of God you can never exhaust.

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