In a world devastated by famine the Widow of Zarephath shows us what it means to be in the care of a God of abundance.
Prompts
A World of Scarcity Where does your life feel like it’s lived in a world of scarcity? Where do you feel stretched thin—stressed, afraid, or at the edge of what you can give?
A God of Generosity How does it strike you that God doesn’t just deal with scarcity from a distance but actually inhabits it? In what ways might this challenge your assumptions about what God asks or desires from you?
A Life of Feasting God doesn’t promise to solve every problem right now, but God does promise to be with us in them—inviting us to live from that place of “with-ness.” How might God’s presence reframe how you see God’s provision and your own scarcity?
Practices:
Living into Generosity
Consider the places where you feel most stressed, overwhelmed, or stretched thin. What might it look like to live into God’s vision of abundance in that very place?
This week is there something small worth sharing—an hour, a meal, a kind word, a resource—with someone else you might otherwise want to hold on to? Rather than tending to your scarcity, consider a small way you can give in an act of entrusting yourself to the God of abundance who is with you.
Generosity: