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Thurs 16th July – Read 1 Kings 17:17-20
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Thurs 16th July – Read 1 Kings 17:17-20
V17: But we still live in a broken world, and God still tests our faith, that it may be proved strong and mature us as His people ( see James 1:2-4.) Now a great trial of faith comes to this widow, and indeed to Elijah ( see 1 Kings 1:20). The son becomes ill – and dies! ( Sceptics suggest he was not in fact dead, only unconscious, to be revived later – but 1 Kings 1:18 is clear…)
V18: In her distress she turns on Elijah, seeing him now not as a bringer of blessing, but of calamity – of judgement on her because of her sin ( of which he must surely have spoken to her for this to be her response). How quick the world may be to blame believers for things they do not like.
V19: Wisely, he does not protest or argue, he takes her son in his arms, and up to the room which has become ” his own” during his sojourn in her house.
V20: And we see here his own grief and perplexity at what has happened. As believers, we may often be perplexed and ask ” why?” – but like Elijah, may it be “LORD, why?”, looking to God to help us understand and see His purposes.