{"id":4727,"date":"2023-04-29T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T16:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2023-04-29T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T16:54:12","slug":"devotional-on-1-kings-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-1-kings-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on 1 Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-O-vFAUNPOIo\/XkyL_tE23FI\/AAAAAAABDzs\/S4wU8uQzowQR2ucbeOpWePhPtNWZIZZ2QCKgBGAsYHg\/s1600\/IMG_4237.JPG\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" class=\"size-large\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 &#8211; the fountain at Madison, IN<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA miracle working God<br \/>\n1Kings 17: The jar of flour will not run out and the bottle of oil will not become empty&#8230;.<br \/>\nThe drought brought about by the judgment of God is a hardship for everyone. Elijah goes into hiding and for a time God sends ravens to feed him. Now, as the drought brings famine to the land, the man of God is sent to Zarephath for long-term lodging. The widow there is nearly out of food and about to surrender to starvation when Elijah shows up. He makes the startling promise that as long as the drought continues she won\u2019t run out of oil or flour. And that&#8217;s how it is. For the duration of the ordeal God supplies the need. It\u2019s good to know that God is the Way Maker in our lives. Only he can make something out of nothing. I need to be careful to not be so blinded by my circumstances that I count God out. Generally speaking, he works through the normal course of life to bless us, but he\u2019s not limited to that. If necessary, he can work his purposes by suspending the laws of Creation and performing miracles. That&#8217;s the God I serve!<br \/>\nTake Away: Never count God out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A miracle working God 1Kings 17: The jar of flour will not run out and the bottle of oil will not become empty&#8230;. The drought brought about by the judgment of God is a hardship for everyone. Elijah goes into hiding and for a time God sends ravens to feed him. Now, as the drought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1471,7],"tags":[113,301,411,430,722],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14418,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/14418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}