Being fed by a bird!

     1 Kings 17 tells us about a man of radical faith. His name was Elisha. There is a story where Elisha is fed by ravens. He trusted God to provide and provide he did. Elisha was in need and God provided the food he needed through a very unlikely source and in a quantity that Elisha probably did not expect. He got bread and meat twice a day from a bird! Just enough to fulfill his need, by a bird! Because Elisha had faith God provided, through a bird!
     Today as we went to the mail box and opened up an envelope with a $50 check inside I felt like Elisha. God is providing literally for our needs as they are needed. We had been praying that God provides us gas money as we have a lot of traveling to do in the next week. This check provided the money needed for a full tank of gas and then some. God is providing us our bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. We were praying over the weekend for God to provide us extra money to give to Blake so he had money for food in the airport. He left for Colorado last weekend for Young Life Camp (which God also provided the means to go). The day before he left we had no extra money to give him. Then God provided us $50 to give him through another family here in Puerto Rico. I share this to encourage all of you who are struggling financially right now. God will honor your faith. Trust him and ask for you needs. Gods hand is never short. Also know that God will provide your needs not what you think you need. Right now I feel like Elisha. I will to continue to have faith that God will provide so we can fulfill what he has called us to do. I pray that you experience what we are experiencing just like Elisha experienced. That is Gods faithfulness. God hears your prayer and he will provide.