June 14 / Springs in the Valley by L.B. Cowman

June 14

I have commanded the ravens…a widow woman there. (1 Kings 17:4, 9)

We must be where God desires. Elijah spoke of himself as always standing before the Lord God of Israel. He could as distinctly stand before God when hiding beside Cherith, or sheltering in the widow’s house at Zarephath, as when he stood erect on Carmel, or listened to the voice of God at Horeb.

If we are where God wants us to be, He will see the supply of our need. It is as easy for Him to feed us by the ravens as by the widow woman. As long as God says stay here, or there, be sure that He is pledged to provide for you. Though you resemble a lonely sentinel in some distant post of missionary service God will see to you. The ravens are not less amenable to His command than of old: and out of the stores of widow women He is able to supply your need as He did Elijah’s at Zarephath.

When God said to Elijah, “Hide thyself by the brook Cherith,” a carbon copy of the order was given to the ravens. They brought food morning and evening to the place of Divine appointment.

When Jesus said, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel,” He placed all the resources of heaven at the disposal of the going group.

When I was ordered toward the front in France, I got permission to remain behind ten days for letters. None came. When I reached my objective, where men were dying without a Chaplain’s comfort, I found the last thirty days’ post. The commanding officer said:

“In the army, the letters go where the orders read.”

In the kingdom of God the blessings and equipment are found only where the orders read. Let us all go and tell the story.
JOSIAH HOPKINS

It is in the path of His appointment that we shall find His Presence.

Cowman, L. B. E.. Springs in the Valley (p. 179). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.