First Priority: Obey First (1 Kings 17:5-16)

PRIMERA PRIORIDAD: OBEDECER PRIMERO

Pastor Maria Khaleel

God commands Elijah to go to this widow from Zarephath during a devastating three-year drought sent by God, Himself. In that day, widows, who had no male family member to depend on, were already in dire need, with few means of self-support, and the severity of the drought, made their condition all the more desperate. So it presses the question, why would God send Elijah to this widow; the least likely person to have anything to support and sustain Elijah? But God was teaching them both, and us a lesson to obey Him first. Elijah had to obey first to receive God’s blessing, the widow had to obey and feed Elijah first to receive God’s promise.

The spiritual principle is that obedience comes first and opens the door for the blessing to follow.