And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 1KI 17:16

God is the owner of all things; therefore, we must come to Him for the smallest blessing such as our daily bread. We must see that everything belongs to the Lord, and therefore, we must come to Him for everything we need.

We read in PSA 50:10-12, "For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof."

We learn from the history of Elijah that the Lord wants His people to come to Him day by day in humble dependence. Elijah was a highly favored prophet of the Lord; in fact, he is one of two persons in the history of the Bible that did not die. The Lord took him to heaven. He was one of the greatest, beloved of the Lord.

1KI 17:6 tells us how dependent Elijah was on the Lord, "And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook." Consider this, the ravens brought him food in the morning, but he was still dependent on the Lord for his food in the evening. He looked to the Lord for his daily bread, and it was not given in an abundance where he had a six month's supply or a three year supply.

The cruse of oil and the barrel of meal were only replenished one meal at a time; there was only a handful of meal and a little oil in the cruse, but it did not run dry. It was re-supplied by the Lord to the amount needed for one more meal as told in 1KI 17:16, "And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah."

Notice the method the Lord uses in this example; the Lord replenished their food on a daily basis, one day, one meal at a time. Each time the meal and the oil were all used, yet the Lord replenished it again just enough for one more meal.

Has the cruse of oil, or the barrel of meal run out at your table? Has that oil run dry? Hasn't the Lord provided for your daily bread?