A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                 ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL PART IV

"I, Elijah, the prophet of God, have been quite content hiding at the brook that God assigned to me.... I have been well provided for until now... My last meal has still been provided for by my friends, the ravens... But my water supply has pretty much run out for the brook has dried up..... I wasn't quite sure what to do.... There was no rock to hit or even to speak to as in the time of Moses.... And, anyway, God has not told me to do so..... I wondered if I perhaps should visit my home town Tishbe to see how everyone is.... But then earlier today the Lord spoke to me.... He told me to go to Zarephath of Sidon....I am to be taken care of by a widow there... I have just gathered my few belongings and am about to leave the brook.... I will miss seeing my friends, the ravens.".....Please read out the typed out attachment when God tells the prophet Elijah to go to a place called Zarephath of Sidon....


               ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                              ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL PART IV

The prophet Elijah is without water in the brook. Where he has been staying has finally completely dried up and God has not miraculously filled the brook up again. Instead, he has told Elijah to go to a place called Zarephath of Sidon. That is quite interesting because that place is outside Israel. We might think that God will want to keep Elijah in Israel because the nations surrounding Israel are all pagan nations. But apparently God does not mind for his prophet to go to places he may not necessarily be thinking of going as you can read  in I King 17:8

Then the word of the Lord came to him, "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there."

Elijah knows that he can no longer stay at the brook so he prepares to leave for Zarephath in Sidon.