Why is this crucial?
It's important to comprehend the importance of widows. Women of God who are widows often lack financial and spiritual protection. When a woman's husband passes away, she is left defenseless and open to the devil's schemes. The loss of her marriage covenant exposes a widow or divorced woman to spiritual vulnerability.
A woman was never designed to operate in headship regardless of her insurmountable gifts. The man is to provide leadership and protection for his family. Men of God are considered the spiritual head of the household. His direction must come from Christ. Without their spiritual protection women who are left to handle things on their own during a crisis may be more vulnerable to a Girgashite spirit.
A spirit can't manifest legally on earth without a body. Lucifer needed a body to infiltrate a snake. Study Ezekiel 28:12-15, where it states, Lucifer decided to illegally operate outside his assignment as a ministering angel to guard the Garden of Eden. Eve was eventually deceived into eating the fruit from the garden. Adam and Eve forfeited their authority to have dominion over the earth; as a result of Adam's disobedience in eating from the forbidden tree.
What was operating in the garden is operating in this story; Ambush of the Mouth. Eve should have gone directly to Adam for discernment and protection in order to bring her thoughts under subjection to God. Adam had the power of attorney to rebuke Lucifer by declaring the word of God. The enemy traps us daily when we make decisions without seeking God. Elijah in this story represents the nature of Jesus Christ. Elijah had the power to declare the word of God to the widow. Whether we are women at the well, women with issues of blood, women who are barren, women who are widows, or women who endure death in their marriages; God is so mindful of his daughters. God still looks out for us.
It’s impossible to keep moving at that level of lack without faith. The widow was gathering sticks which demonstrated she was operating in faith. I believe Jesus sent a prophet to speak a word to manifest provision because of her faith. Her discernment was limited based on her perspective. She failed to look up for help. She lacked a spiritual vision. The flour represented her external circumstances. The oil represented her ability to produce while being in a dark place. She needed spiritual enlightenment from the Holy Spirit to comprehend her anointing. The oil was more than enough when put in the hands of God. Her brokenness caused her to be in a place called stuck. Brokenness can condition a person to do it alone.
The man was given dominion over the earth. The woman was created to be in reverence to his spiritual authority. Man must stay fully submitted to Christ. Satan uses a woman’s ear-gate to bring her into speculation, accusation, and gossip. Satan operated through Eve's emotions and her thoughts. Eve tried to use reasoning to make sense of what God had commanded them to do in the garden while listening to the wrong voice. Since men have the ability to easily bamboozle naïve women with their cunning and crafty words, she is more prone to be deceived by words. A man on the other hand is ruled by his flesh when he fails to seek God. The man’s deception comes through his eye-gate, his flesh, a big butt, and a smile.
What Christ desires of us when it is time to trust and obey Him is analogous to the magnificent elements of this biblical story. Many false prophets manipulate men and women of God in their season of lack. They try to persuade Believers that money is the main prerequisite to receiving a miracle through greed or ignorance of God's word.
A woman unable to cook or clean may think she has no choice but to financially contribute to the church. God never asks you for more than you are willing to sacrifice. There is no doubt God wants the thing you're clinging to. He wants what you are putting before Him. God desires a sacrifice from your heart. The miracle will come with obedience.
Most saints don’t recognize what God wants from us because of our immature walk with him. We never go deep enough to chew the cud. We won’t read, study, pray, fast, and worship without needing someone to prompt us into intimacy with God. I am guilty of this too. I was just like that widow. I failed to pour out my soul and heart to God.
We often fail to go deeper into the things of God and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what’s hindering our spiritual blindness. It may be money, a relationship, a job, or a business deal. It’s anything we have put before God. The key to spiritual growth is allowing God to determine what we need to remove from our lives. Without constant fellowship with God, it is impossible to understand what He expects of us. One’s intimacy requires consistency, discipline, commitment, and unconditional love. Miracles in the present society frequently lack the essence of faith, much like the flour the widow would have needed to bake a cake for Elijah.
Elijah represents Jesus in this passage of scripture. He can take the impossible and make it possible. Jesus took the five loaves and two fishes and fed the multitude. Give God your best and put it on the altar. Make it a sacrifice of praise by giving it to Him first. Lay it all down at His feet in faith and watch Him fulfill your need. He wants you to let go of self-reliance and self-sufficiency.
The deception of women occurs in those who never experienced a healthy relationship with their father or a man. Have you ever wondered why the widow in this passage never called or sought anyone for help? Maybe she never received genuine support from others. In her hour of greatest need, God sent Elijah to comfort her without her asking for a man's assistance. A man may have failed us, but God will never let us be forsaken.
Render it and watch God replace those external losses with His internal riches in glory. “Don’t sell your heritage for the sake of your inheritance.” That is what Esau did with Jacob when he sold his birthright. God will release the anointing of the Holy Spirit as you enter the four chambers of His heart, enabling you to fulfill your dreams and desire. — Lori M. (NDBH)
#neverdobusinesshungry (Revised published on 6/24/18 1:58 AM)
