Now that the
raven had all the cracker pieces neatly organized in his beak he hopped down to
the bottom of his large enclosure and placed the neat stack to one side. He dug
a shallow hole with his whiskered beak, put two pieces in the hole and raked
some dirt over it so there was no sign of cracker at all—only dirt. He took the
remaining pieces in his beak. Clippity clop hopping in raven fashion to the
other side of his enclosure, he dug another hole and buried the rest of the
crackers. I was in awe. Finally I understood the record in 1 Kings 17 about
Elijah being fed by the ravens: The raven had already buried some food; it was
just waiting for the time when God wanted it brought out to Elijah.
“And the word
of the Lord came unto him [Elijah], saying, Get thee hence, and hide thyself by
the brook. 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 and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and
bread and flesh in the evening” (1 Kgs 17: 3-6).
Now this may
not have been an ideal situation and the bread and meat may have been a little
crusty, but Elijah was thankful. God’s provision for him had been totally
unpredictable and definitely unique.
Proverbs 3:5-6
says: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
We need to trust that the
Lord loves us and will provide for us even though our paths may be rocky at
times. If we’ll look to the Lord Jesus to guide us through, it will work out
better than we could possibly imagine.
When
circumstances or decisions are hard, we can remember Isaiah 43:19 “I will even
make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
We learn to
expect the unpredictable and unique when it comes to God watching over us. When
we keep our eyes on Jesus like it says in Hebrews 12:2 “looking unto Jesus, the
author and finisher of our faith,” He will always have things set up for us to
get us to the other side and to the good results He has for us.
When I got
ready to write my first book, I had no idea of how to get started. The Lord was
way ahead of me. Wendy, one of my closest friends, was publishing on-line for
her job so she was able to help me. My other friend Maarit was an excellent
editor and that was no coincidence either. God already had my girl ravens set
up to bless me and I blessed them too. (Some people are afraid of ravens but I
think they’re awesome!) When I decided to start an art career I “happened” to
go into a place in Kansas City to buy a drawing pencil. I came out with a job:
making molds for the sculpture foundry and art gallery.
I moved across
country and interviewed for a secretarial job. I ended up telling the woman I
really would rather work in the arts. She gave me a client’s number and the
first thing my new boss asked is if I knew how to make a mold for a sculptural
piece. That started my 27 years of an ongoing career in the arts. Again no
coincidence, but God preparing ahead of time just for me and I never saw it
coming.
If we continue
in our hearts to want to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, He will never, never let
us down.
The ravens are
out there burying your crackers and steak right now.
Love, Carolyn
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