RAVENS

(1Ki 17:2-7) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it shall be, that

thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto

the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the

evening; and he drank of the brook. And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no

rain in the land.

(Jas 5:17) Elias was a man subject to

like passions as we are, and he prayed

earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and

six months.

I. The Direction of the Lord

(1Ki 17:2-4) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn

thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it shall

be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee

there.

A.He was a man of compliance

(Pro 3:5) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own

understanding.

(Pro 3:6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he

shall direct thy paths.

A.He was a man of compliance

B.He was a man of confinement

(Mar 6:30-32) And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart

into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

Elijah: Cherith before Carmel Joseph: the Pit and Prison before the Place Moses: Desert before deliverance

(Isa 45:3) And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that

thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

A.He was a man of compliance

B.He was a man of confinement

C.He was a man of concealment

(Deu 32:1-2) Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my

speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and

as the showers upon the grass:

I. The Direction of the LordII.The Dependence on the Lord

(1Ki 17:5-6) So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and

dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread

and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the

brook.

A.He was a man of confidence

(Heb 11:6) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe

that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently

seek him.

(Psa 37:3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt

be fed.

(Deu 32:15) But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou

art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God

which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

A.He was a man of confidence

B.He was a man of contentment

(Psa 16:5) The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my

lot.

(Lam 3:24) The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore

will I hope in him.

(Psa 73:26) My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the

strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

(Jer 17:7-9) Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree

planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her

leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither

shall cease from yielding fruit. The heart is deceitful above all things, and

desperately wicked: who can know it?

A.He was a man of confidence

B.He was a man of contentment

C.He was a man of certainty

(1Ki 17:2-4) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn

thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it shall

be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee

there.

A.He was a man of confidence

B.He was a man of contentment

C.He was a man of certainty

D.He was a man of common ability

(1Ki 17:5-6) So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and

dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread

and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the

brook.

I. The Direction of the LordII.The Dependence on the LordIII. The Drying up of the blessing

(1Ki 17:7) And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,

because there had been no rain in the land.

A.He was a man subject to Calamity

(Mat 5:45) That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just

and on the unjust.

(1Co 10:13) There hath no temptation taken you but such as

is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to

be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that

ye may be able to bear it.