Before I begin I just wanted to say that God's word is so timely. I love how he knows just what we need at the exact time that we need it.
"Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 'Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine...I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.'"
1 Kings 17:2-4
1 Kings 17:2-4
"I'm just delivering a message, King Ahab," said Elijah, God's spokesman. "A drought's is coming. No dew or rain for several more years." Elijah was a sensitive man, and we can only imagine that it was difficult to give the people this bad news. God knows us so well and knows our needs. He knew it would be hard for Elijah to do what was asked of him so He gave him a place to rest and renew his strength. God didn't scold Elijah for the time he wasted in the valley.