07/07/2024
When the brook dries up*
1 Kings 17:7 And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.*
Here is a story about Elijah, he prayed for rains to stop raining n it stoped for 3 n 1/2 years meaning there was now a drought in the land.
He was staying in a brook drinking from it and being fed by ravens. God had commanded the ravens to feed him in that way, all was well until the brook dried up!
Elijah had to move on, his life had to be altered n adopt a new life. Have you ever experienced this season of dryness in your life where your source of livelihood suddenly becomes invalid, your work contract is suddenly terminated, a death, a loss.The brook has dried up, what happens next?
Just when evrthing is not making any sense n hope is quickly fading away, God has a better plan for us. In Elijah's case God had already spoken to a widow to step in n take care of him! . God always has a beautiful backup plan for in case of brooks drying up.
Even the psalmist is assuring us:
*Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil..*
Yes you might be feeling deserted ,discouraged,at your end of line but at the end of the dark tunnel is a miracle waiting for you there.
Be encouraged this day when the brook dries up look up n anticipate a new door is abt to be opened. A miracle is on its way. Instead of crying forever for the dry brook pay attention and look out for a new venture God has lined up for you.
There is no birth without pains, labour pains signal an introduction of a new life , new lease , no need to cry for a smooth life all the times God wants us to move on and open new channels for us.
Like a foeutus,the womb becomes too small to hold it and the mother is forced to push the baby out into the world,a bigger better place for the baby to reach its potential. Its known the womb is limited,it puts a limit to what the baby can do and develop-just like us at times the drying of the brook is as a result of us spending too much time on a limited job, work, space, town, country etc God is pushing us out of the comfort zone to reach our highest potential to see what else the world has to offer.
Lets look up with wisdom to see what God is trying to show us.
How can we know it’s time to move on if we hold on to our old system of life? How could Elijah have moved away from the brook and exprienced more of God's grace and provision in the widow's household?
Our God is an all loving providing God always looking out for us, well able. Ruth's brook dried up in Moab and life seemed dry and meaningless at that time but it was all in preparation for her new life, a miracle along the way, her meeting and knowing God, eventually meeting Boaz then making history.
*2 Kings 4:20 And when he had lifted him, and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.*
To this woman,the brook just dried unexepctadle,the only son she had just died. She was in pain, in anguish but what she ddnt know was a miracle was lined up for her. It was just a matter of time before she encountered her miracle.
Joseph had to encounter a terrible episode of his brook drying up n with him it was even worse,not one but more brooks kept drying up for him. God had better bigger plans for him *(Jer 29:11)* and what seemed as pain and suffering was actually meant for Joseph to be pushed and encounter his miracle.
Are you in that season of your brook drying up? Dont lose heart, be encouraged, stop trying to dig up that brook to produce more water it’s time to move on.
It’s time to start praising and worshiping God for a new opened fresh brook,a new door is ceetainly going to be opened. Stay positive in anticipation of that miracle.
God is in the business of closing old doors when he has already prepared for another door for us to open.
In our trials , in our situations it’s good to always know that he is with us and he is about to do something new in our lives, thats his nature.
Are you battling with a brook that just dried up? Look up for a miracle for thats what our father is well known for doing, he neither leaves us nor forsake us in that dry patch of our lives.
When the brook dries up therz sure another way made available for us by our marker,lets listen to him as he commands other avenues to open up for us.
Shalom n stay blessed.