Redemption Bible Church

"The Widow of Zarephath"


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Pastor Jason Mayhall leads Redemption Bible Church in continuing the sermon series entitled "Out of the Spotlight," focused on several less well-known characters in the Bible. In this story the prophet Elijah tells the wicked king Ahab that it would not rain for three years upon his kingdom. Fleeing the wrath of the king, God tells Elijah to go to the city Zarephath where a widow will provide for him. In this story, we see a mighty display of faith from the widow. She gives all that she has because she believes in God's Word. She doesn't have anything to fall back on - she is all in. She chooses to trust God rather than take things into her own hands risking not only her life but also the life of her son. What does it look like for us to trust God? Would we actually risk everything we have, believing Him to be trustworthy? Would we dare invest our earthly money for heavenly purposes when we can't see these purposes with our eyes but only through faith in God's word? The widow went all in. She counted the cost - her whole livelihood - and believed that God's purpose was worth it.
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