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Food For Thought

Jesus was hungry after fasting for forty days, and then the devil came to tempt Him (Matthew 4:2–3). The Bible doesn’t say who told the devil that Jesus was hungry, but it is clear that the enemy often targets moments of weakness. Just as the devil recognized Jesus’ physical need, he also recognizes our vulnerable moments and seeks to exploit them (1 Peter 5:8).

This teaches us that hunger or any physical or emotional need should never make us lose focus on God or cause us to trade away what is precious. Even though Jesus was hungry, He never allowed His hunger to take the place of God’s Word in His life. Instead, He responded, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God’” (Matthew 4:4).

This stands in contrast to Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal when he was famished (Genesis 25:29–34; Hebrews 12:16–17).

The devil knows when you are “hungry” whether physically, spiritually, or emotionally. That is why we must remain steadfast and never let “the Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night” (Joshua 1:8). In doing so, we can respond to temptation with God’s truth and keep our spiritual inheritance secure.

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*When The Brook Dried*

Date: *26/02/2024*
Text: ‭‭*I Kings‬ ‭17:7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬*"*And it happened after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land*".
I hope we all know the full story surrounding today's bible reading. It was by God's command that Elijah went to the brook after he proclaimed that there wouldn't be rain for three years (V. 3), he didn't go there on his own accord. God led him there and supplied all his basic needs for that moment and after some time it was recorded that the brooks dried up (V. 7).

If you're thinking like me, you might wonder how the resources or God's supply could dried up. Or is it possible for God to run out of supply? I know the bible records that the reason the brook dried up was that "there had no rain in the land", but could this truly be the reason though? At least thinking about the nature of God we all know, I mean, the God that rains manna in the desert (Ex 16:4) or the God that promises to bring water out in the desert (Is 41:18)? Is it that same God that rain will now hinder His supplies and provisions for His children?

When the brook dried God had already made another provision to meet the need of Elijah. Sometimes as human beings when one door closes we sit back and start wailing and still trying so had to force the door open again, rather than focus and pay attention to God for the next direction, all those crying and worrying only hindered us from hearing from God for the next step of action we were meant to take.

When the brook dried up, God had already provided another flow of supply in the house of a widow (v.9) where He will continue to meet the need of Elijah, all Elijah has to do is to locate the window.
The good thing about Elijah is that he didn't allow the present state of the woman to deny him of God's promise and make him doubt God, because he could have easily doubted God when he saw the financial state of the woman, but rather he ignored what was in front of him and hold on to the Word of God that has been spoken ahead of him.
Don't allow the looks of things you're facing now to deter your faith from what God has said concerning your life. What is it that God has promised to do for you? The promise could be from the mouth of a man of God, it could be through your dream just like Joseph experienced or it could even be a written Word of God in the bible. Just keep trusting God.
If we remember, I said earlier that rain could not hinder the flow of God's supply, but when a brook is dried up it is only meant for advancement.

"For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ”
I'm sure we can still see that even the supply of the flour and the jar of oil was still in the absence of rain.

Did you just relocate to another country and your moving was based on the leading of God? or is the business that was based on the leading of God, no longer doing well? Or para venture you lost that job you once testified about as God given job, just know that God has already made another flow for you elsewhere.

I pray God did not allow Elijah to struggle before he located the window of his flow of supply, the same God will help us to locate the next flow of His blessing and provision for our life in Jesus' Name.

Oluwafemi Olatunji