Series: From Pastor’s Desk
Number: Vol. 14, No. 26
Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be multiplied to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am glad to welcome you to another week of the month of October 2025.
I pray that every door of God’s provisions shut against you will be opened for you in the week, so that your joy may overflow in the week and throughout the remaining days of the year. Amen.
Now one of the things that open doors of God’s provisions for His people is generosity towards His servants that are ministering to us in His word and in prayer.
For example, in order for God’s doors of provisions to be opened for the widow that Elijah met in Zarephath, she had to be generous to him. And even though it was a time of famine, she did not make excuses. Instead, she gave to him from the little she had. So, God ensured that she and her son did not go hungry at all till the famine in the land was over. (Cf. 1Kings 17)
But why was it this woman that God sent Elijah to at the time? As Jesus tells us, there were many widows in Israel at the time. Yet God did not send Elijah to any of them. Why? He knew their hearts. He knew that even if He spoke to them to take care of Elijah, they would not listen to Him. (Cf. Luke 4:25-26)
Perhaps God did speak to some of them about taking care of Elijah. And did they listen to Him? If they had listened to Him, He would not have sent the man to the widow at Zarephath. But since He sent him to Zarephath, it is clear that whatever widow He may have spoken to in Israel about taking care of him did not listen to Him.
The widow in Zarephath, however, listened to God and obeyed Him. As we see in the bible, God had spoken to her about Elijah before sending him to look for her. In fact, God’s words to Elijah about her were: “I have commanded her to take care of you.” And when Elijah found her, she did the will of God.
So, doors of His provisions that were not opened for the other widows were opened for her and her son.But what if she had not listened to God or obeyed Him? God would have sent Elijah to someone else that would obey Him. And that would be the person that doors of His provisions to survive that period of famine would have been opened for.
In like manner, it is those of us who obey whatever God is saying to us about generosity to those who are feeding us with His word and praying for us that certain doors of His provisions will be opened for. Those who are continually making excuses for not doing what He has commanded will only have their excuses to eat.
So, repent now and stop making excuses for neglecting the will of God in giving to His servants that are ministering to you. Otherwise, there are certain provisions of His that will never be yours in life.
Have a pleasant week.
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