November 10

“Arise, get thee to Zarephath: . . . behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.” 1 Kings 17:9

Because of our proneness to look at the bucket and forget the fountain, God has frequently to change his means of supply to keep our eyes fixed on the source. So the heavens that before sent us welcome showers become as brass, the streams that refreshed us are allowed to dry up, and the ravens that brought our daily food visit us no longer. But then God surprises us by meeting our needs through a poor widow woman, and so we prove the marvelous resources of God.

We are the representatives of God in this world, and we are here to prove his faithfulness. Our attitudes, our words, and our actions must all declare that he alone is our source of supply, or he will be robbed of the glory that is his due. He who sees in secret will take note of our needs, and he will meet them, not in stinted measure, but “according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”