1 Kings 17:14 For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.
Elijah is speaking to the widow of Zarephath. A massive drought had struck the land and Elijah, the prophet, invited himself to stay at the widow's home where she was living with her only son using the last bit of food before she thought she and her son would starve to death. But Elijah gives her the promise of God. The jar of meal will not be emptied. The jug of oil will not fail until the day the Lord sends rain again.
The same words almost exactly are repeated two verses later - if you don't trust me, look it up. It happened as Elijah said it would. But I think the promise verse is more important than the fulfillment verse. The promise of God is where it's at. The promise of God is where the life is found. The promise of God are the words we should remember. The fulfillment sometimes doesn't come as quickly as two verses later in our lives. But the promise always comes. Remember the promise. Hold onto the promise. Your jar of meal will not be emptied. Your jug of oil will not fail. It's a promise.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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