God Doth Feed His Own

Michael E. Wood
January 3, 2012

And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.  Luke 4:24-26

Jesus tells us that a disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. Luke 6:40 Thus it should be no great surprise to us when we are not recognized by the world but rather are rejected when we stand for the truth of who Christ is and walk in the precepts of His words and His calling upon our individual lives as they are spoken to us by His Spirit. To take up our cross and follow Him, includes bearing the reproach of Him who suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.

As Elijah was a representative and a type of Christ, God provided for him in a peculiar way while a great famine came over the land. And though we live in a day where there is a great famine of hearing the Word of God, let us therefore rejoice in the great privilege that we have been afforded to be His; to have ears to hear and eyes to see and feed upon the Bread which came down out of heaven unto the praise of His glorious grace.

In times of famine God doth feed
His own; though made of clay,
We find ourselves rejoicing in
God’s bounty new each day.
The finest wheat, a touch of honey;
True Bread that feeds the soul;
For Jesus is the means by which
We live and are made whole.
For every word of which He speaks
Is that which brings delight,
Conveyed to us by His own blood,
So precious in God’s sight.


And of His fullness and His grace
Each one may now receive
As by His Spirit we are made
To taste and truly see
All for our good and His own glory
His Sovereign hand doth move,
Perfecting holiness within
Our hearts that we may prove
Before the eyes of men what is
That good and perfect will
Of God Himself to whom belongeth
All the glory still!