Jesus, Elijah, and the Widow

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · May 3, 2025 · 6m

READ: 1 KINGS 17:8-24; LUKE 4:14-30; 7:11-17; JOHN 6:28-40 In a time of drought and famine, God sends the prophet Elijah to a non-Jewish area to look for a widow who would feed him. Surprisingly, when Elijah finds this widow, she tells him she cannot feed him because she has only enough for one last, meager meal before she and her son succumb to starvation. The woman is hopeless, resigned to a bleak future in which she cannot save herself or her child. But Elijah tells her that God is going to do something miraculous: He is going to make sure her flour and her oil won’t run out until the…