FED BY RAVENS
(I Kings 17)
God’s people were led astray,
By King Ahab, an evil man.
So God sent Elijah to Ahab,
To relay His impending plan.
For three and one half years,
They would see no dew or rain.
Ahab was mad at the messenger,
As if Elijah would cause their pain.
So the Lord told Elijah to hide himself,
From Ahab, and so he did.
God commanded ravens to feed him,
While near a brook he hid.
In time the brook dried up;
No rain fell where he was hidin’.
So God had him leave his hiding place,
And go visit a widow near Sidon.
When he came to the gate of the city,
He saw her gathering sticks.
He asked for bread and some water to drink,
But the widow had little to fix.
For this was her final meal;
There was no more food to buy.
After she and her son ate their meager meal,
They could only lie down and die.
The wood was to cook the food,
In preparing for the worst..
She was told to take the meal and oil,
And fix him a little cake first.
He assured her that if she complied,
Her meal and oil would last..
Because she obeyed, they never ran out,
Until the famine passed.
Becky Overturf Wall
