Elijah- The "Now" Moment

On Sundays, we're continuing our look at the life of Elijah, the Old Testament prophet.

In I Kings 17:8, God tells Elijah to go to Zarephath. Enemy territory. He's told a widow will provide for him there. He goes as instructed and meets the widow. He asks her for a cup of water....during a drought. She obliges. He asks her for a meal....when she is almost out of food. She obliges. All because of the promise from God that Elijah shares in verse 14 that her food supply will not run out until it rains again. She takes Elijah at his word. But...

But only after God later heals her son (verse 22), does the widow begin to truly believe. From verse 24: "Now I know you are a man of God and the Lord's word in your mouth is the truth".

Here's The Point: The widow's "Now" moment doesn't come immediately. It's only after she'd spent time with Elijah, found him to be an honest man and then learned of his God, did she truly begin to believe. His life, his living testimony, matched his words. Over time. There's a lesson to be learned in that.