Just Obey!

There is always a place of refuge when you are in the will of God. Elijah had told King Ahab that it would not rain for two years 1 Kings 17: 1-16. This was the word of the Lord. Then he is told to go and hide himself by the brook Cherith. He spends time at this Wadi, and the ravens feed him bread and meat every day, and he drinks from the brook. We will hear from God like Elijah when we are doing His will. He protects and provides. The ravens must have come to the brook and dropped their food whilst they drank, and Elijah picked it up. But when the brook dried up the birds no longer came.
When the source of help dries up it is time to move on. God had already prepared the next provision. This time it involved a human being who provided out of her own need. She shared what she had, expecting to die as her resources had gone. Because of her willingness to give to another human being she and her household had food for many days until the rain came.
God does not always ask us to do logical things! Somehow the act of obedience, whatever that may be, opens a miraculous door of provision. But it happens in response to obedience, not through us trying to manipulate God.
This provision can be in the area of the natural, and the spiritual. There is always a cost to obedience. It is not easy at the time. But there is always the grace to help us take that step. Obedience opens a door and gives us new revelation into the heart of God.
'Do whatever He tells you' John 2:5