July 19

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. — 1 Kgs 17:4 BSB

God is never short of ways to provide for His children. The streams, the birds, the animals, the winds, and the waves—all of creation belongs to Him and operates under His control. So He has no difficulty in getting what His children need, no matter where they are.

We may never have had ravens deliver our daily bread, like Elijah, but God still sends it to us in other ways. Whether it comes by train across a continent, by ship from across the globe, or by the hands of loving friends, it is still God who provides it.

Today, many of us are so knowledgeable about the "laws of nature" that we forget God’s role in the world. We explain everything with science and fail to see God’s hand in it. But what are the laws of nature except God's usual way of doing things? If I plant wheat in a field and harvest it months later, then take it to the mill to make flour and bake bread, is it not still God who provided the bread? Did He not give it to me just as surely as He sent ravens to Elijah?