1 Kings 17:6 God’s Raven

 “The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.” I Kings‬ ‭17‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. The ravens brought him bread and meat: Every bit of food that came to Elijah came from the beak of an unclean animal. Elijah had to put away his traditional ideas of clean and unclean or he would die of starvation. Through this, God taught Elijah to emphasize the spirit of the law before the letter of the law.

i. Charles Spurgeon drew two points of application from this event, likening the food the ravens brought to spiritual food. First, he recognized that God may bring a good word to us through an unclean vessel, spiritually unclean, like a raven. Second, that one can bring spiritual food to others and still be unclean spiritually themselves. “But see, too, how possible it is for us to carry bread and meat to God’s servants, and do, some good things for his church, and yet be ravens still!” (Spurgeon).

b. Bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening: As faithfully as He provided manna for Israel in the wilderness, God provided for Elijah’s needs. He came to trust more than ever in the miraculous provision of God.

i. “A little boy, having read this incident with his widowed mother one wintry night, as they sat in a fireless room, beside a bare table, asked her if he might set the door open for God’s ravens to come in; he was so sure that they must be on their way. The burgomaster of that German town, passing by, was attracted by the sight of the open door, and entered, inquiring the cause. When he learnt the reason, he said, ‘I will be God’s raven’; and relieved their need then and afterwards.” (Meyer)

(Guzik)

God’s Raven 

There are occasions in our life when we witness a widow and an orphan in need and God puts on our hearts to be His raven. We have several widows in our community and have had the pleasure of being God’s raven. 🐦‍⬛ 

“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Have you had the pleasure of being God’s raven? 🐦‍⬛ 

Blessings