Now
that the raven had all the cracker pieces neatly organized in his beak he
hopped down to the bottom of his large enclosure and placed the neat stack to
one side. He dug a shallow hole with his whiskered beak, put two pieces in the
hole and raked some dirt over it so there was no sign of cracker at all—only
dirt. He took the remaining pieces in his beak. Clippity clop hopping in raven
fashion to the other side of his enclosure, he dug another hole and buried the rest
of the crackers. I was in awe. Finally I understood the record in 1 Kings 17
about Elijah being fed by the ravens: The raven had already buried the food;
it was just waiting for the time when God wanted it brought out to Elijah.
“And
the word of the Lord came unto him [Elijah], saying, Get thee hence, and hide
thyself by the brook. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and
I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according
unto the word of the Lord and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the
morning, and bread and flesh in the evening” (1 Kgs 17: 3-6).
Now
this may not have been an ideal situation and the bread and meat may have been
a little crusty, but Elijah was thankful. God’s provision for him had been
totally unpredictable and definitely unique.
Proverbs
3:5-6 says: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy
paths.” We need to trust that the
Lord loves us and will provide for us even though our paths may be rocky at
times. If we’ll look to the Lord Jesus to guide us through, it will work out
better than we could possibly imagine.
When
circumstances or decisions are hard, we can remember Isaiah 43:19 “I will even
make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
We
learn to expect the unpredictable and unique when it comes to God watching over
us. When we keep our eyes on Jesus like it says in Hebrews 12:2 “looking unto
Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,” He will always have things set up
for us to get us to the other side and to the good results He has for us.
When
I got ready to write my first book, I had no idea of how to get started. The
Lord was way ahead of me. Wendy, one of my closest friends, was publishing
on-line for her job so she was able to help me. My other friend Maarit was an
excellent editor and that was no coincidence either. God already had my girl
ravens set up to bless me and I blessed them too. (Some people are afraid of
ravens but I think they’re awesome!) When I decided to start an art career I
“happened” to go into a place in Kansas City to buy a drawing pencil. I came
out with a job: making molds in the sculpture foundry and gallery.
I
moved across country and interviewed for a secretarial job. I ended up telling
the woman I really would rather work in the arts. She gave me a client’s number
and the first thing my new boss asked is if I knew how to make a mold for a
sculptural piece. That started my 25 years of an ongoing career in the arts.
Again no coincidence, but God preparing ahead of time just for me and I never
saw it coming.
If
we continue in our hearts to want to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, He will
never, never let us down.
The
ravens are already burying your crackers and steak.
Love,
Carolyn
PS:
The raven picture is from the neighbors across the street
FREE this weekend, WINGS Sample Book C: WORKS OF FAITH. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/WINGS-Journey-Faith-Sample-C-ebook/dp/B00DFPWNZM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1413656497&sr=8-7&keywords=Wings+Carolyn+Molica
I’m also offering a free printable PDF
file of any of my WINGS Sample books. Each book has 6 or 7 chapters. Find the one you want on this link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Wings+Carolyn+Molica . E-mail me your preference at carolynmolica@yahoo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment