The care God lavished on Elijah is the same care he has lavished on us. Though in today's reading we see Elijah at a relatively difficult point in his life, look what Ephesians says about those who trust in the Lord. They have redemption. They are partakers of a divine plan. They have an inheritance. They are recipients of a promise. There is a guarantee, the Holy Spirit, demonstrating that we will be recipients of God's promise. We can therefore give thanks that our salvation is not of our glory but of God's glory.
Are we enduring difficulties in life at this time? Quite possibly. What promises do we have of God? They are great promises indeed. And like Elijah, like Paul, like all the saints before us, we are reminded of God's promises, of his loving provision for us, of his care by which he predestined us to be partakers of his promises.
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