Get the hence

"And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan" (1 Kings 17:2, 3 KJV). Elijah was the most powerful prophet of God who ever walked on this earth. Not much was said about Elijah, only that he was a man of God and a man of faith. God was able to move through this man because he was willing. Elijah was one that heard the Word of God and did as God commanded him. God was looking for a man who was willing to lay himself aside to see God's children saved and back under the mighty hand of God. God is in the business of saving people, and He will use men and women to go to the captives and proclaim the Good News. However, these men and women must be separated first. God must mold and discipline them, making them ready for the great work. The Lord separated Elijah, and in that separation God provided for him. For quite some time, God had the ravens bring him bread and flesh, both in the mornings and the evenings. God supplied his every need, even in a severe famine and drought. The Lord led him right to the water's edge, to a place of separation. The Lord will never leave his people in lack or in want. God sustained Elijah for 3 1/2 years. The Lord kept this man alive through a faithful widow woman who had nothing else but a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a bottle. God provided, and the meal was not spent nor did the bottle of oil fail. They had plenty to eat. God sustained her, her son, and the man of God. The Word of God clearly says that God will not forsake His children, and we, the modern church, must continually believe that by faith. "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread" (Psalms 37:25 KJV). God wants us to walk by faith in this last hour. It is critical that we do so because the times are only going to get harder. He is able to sustain our household and those that are willing to believe by faith. God bless you. Amen