Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 27, Day 6, Friday, 9 July, 2021 TOPIC: FATHER, LOCATE ME FOR AN ENCOUNTER 6

“8 Then the word of the LORD came to him,  saying,

9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”  

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called  to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in  a cup, that I may drink.”

11 And as she was going  to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring  me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 

12 So she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

13 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.

14 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.’ ” 

15 So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days.

16 The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.

One of the areas believers often fail the most is the area of being a blessing to others without expecting a rewarded. People tend to help those who can help them, give back in returns or reward them more than what they gave out. Having little doesn’t mean God can’t locate you to be a blessing to someone who have more than you had. When God locate you to give or sow a seed to a life, it’s always for your good.

The widow of Zarephath was located to be a blessing to Prophet Elijah, what a rare privilege!. She was a woman with last hope and little to live on, but God located her to be a blessing. Listen to me, some miracles, doors and provisions won’t locate you until you are located to be a blessing to someone. There is fulfillment in being located by God to be a solution that someone needs desperately. The situation of the Zarephath’s widow changed when she allowed herself to be used by God. She, her son and Prophet Elijah had enough to eat during famine.

When last did you help someone who can’t repay you? Many times God located us to be a blessings to others, we choose to mock them instead of helping them. We choose to give reasons why they don’t deserve any help. When God put it in your care to help someone, it’s always in your favour, may we be located by God to be a blessing in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

Prayers:

1. Father, l’m available to be a blessing to others, locate me Oh lord.

2. Make me a solution to people that matters to you Oh Lord in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.