I Kings 17:7  “And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.”

During a season of drought, God told the prophet Elijah to go hide by the brook called Cherith.  While Elijah was there, he drank water from the brook and ate bread and meat that the ravens brought to him every morning and evening.  Things seemed to be fine for a season and God provided everything that Elijah needed.  But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.  Then, God spoke to Elijah and told him to go to a town called Zarephath where God had commissioned a widow to sustain him.  Elijah moved in faith on the Word of God and God fulfilled His Word.

It is often very disturbing when we find ourselves in similar circumstances.  God gives us a job, a ministry, a friendship, or some other wonderful blessing which seems to be meeting all of our needs.  We know that we are in the will of God.  We are in the right place at the right time, but suddenly for no reason it seems, God stops raining His anointing and before long, like the brook, our blessing dries up.  We are left with a heart full of questions and concerns.  We try not to be discouraged, but our future looks bleak.  We have no idea what God is doing in our lives and have no apparent options in the natural.  Our only hope is to get a definite word of direction from the Lord and to trust that God will give us enough faith to act upon that word.

Although God’s ways are higher than our ways, His guidance is often very humbling.  When Elijah’s brook dried up, God sent him to a widow for help.  The mighty prophet of God had to ask a poor widow for her last bit of food, which she had planned to prepare for her son and herself to eat before they died.  But Elijah’s words challenged her faith and her response brought victory.  God sustained her and her son throughout the drought.  Elijah’s dry brook was no accident.  God wanted to send him to be a blessing to this widow and her son.  Elijah was her lifeline in this troublesome time.

Likewise, your situation is no accident.  God knows exactly where you are and what your circumstances are.  When your friends fail you or the anointing on your ministry has lifted, remember that God has new friends and other places of ministry that need you.  When your brook dries up and your provisions are spent, come to know that God and God alone is your source.  He is not limited by your circumstances.  In the midst of your dry season, God’s Word will come to you and He will send you to a new place so that you can be the vessel that brings deliverance to others

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