# Elijah and the Drought - The Book of 1 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 24 Nov 2023, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 95. Embark on a captivating journey as you discover the incredible story of Elijah, a faithful prophet who, during a famine, found shelter with a kind widow in Zarephath. With the Lord's powerful help, Elijah even brought the widow's son back to life, showing how strong faith and God's kindness can create miracles. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 1: The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you
[0:04] Speaker 1: are a man of God and that the Lord's word
[0:08] Speaker 1: in your mouth is truth. 1 Kings 17 24 Dear God,
[0:15] Speaker 1: thank you that everything you say is true. When you
[0:19] Speaker 1: say you love us, you mean it. And when you
[0:22] Speaker 1: say you'll always be with us, you're not telling a lie.
[0:28] Speaker 1: We can trust you no matter what. Because you speak truth.
[0:33] Speaker 1: You are truth. Please teach us more about who you
[0:38] Speaker 1: are in today's story. And thank you for loving us
[0:43] Speaker 1: so much. We love you too. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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[1:25] Speaker 3: Elijah and the Drought In our last story, Abijah ruled
[1:30] Speaker 3: Judah and repeated the same sins of his father. His
[1:34] Speaker 3: son Asa ruled and for the most part did right
[1:38] Speaker 3: in the eyes of the Lord, but drifted away later.
[1:42] Speaker 3: In this story, we will learn about the prophet Elijah
[1:45] Speaker 3: and how he survived in a time of famine because
[1:49] Speaker 3: of the faithfulness of the widow from Zarephath. As inspired
[1:54] Speaker 3: by 1 Kings.
[1:58] Speaker 1: Hi again, it's Joya Sadler with the Kids Bible in
[2:01] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. I'm so excited you're here with me.
[2:05] Speaker 1: Today we'll hear a story about a woman who had
[2:08] Speaker 1: so little food that she wanted to give up. But
[2:13] Speaker 1: when she shared the little she had with Elijah, God
[2:17] Speaker 1: showed up and gave her exactly what she needed. It's
[2:22] Speaker 1: such a good story. So let's dive in.
[2:28] Speaker 3: Elijah was in Gilead talking to Ahab and said, As.
[2:32] Speaker 4: The God of Israel lives before me as I stand here,
[2:36] Speaker 4: there will be no rain or dew.
[2:39] Speaker 3: For years except for my word. The Lord came to
[2:44] Speaker 3: Elijah and said, Travel.
[2:47] Speaker 4: East and hide by a stream that sets east of
[2:50] Speaker 4: the Jordan. I want you to drink from the brook.
[2:54] Speaker 4: Then I will have the ravens feed you.
[2:57] Speaker 1: Elijah went.
[2:58] Speaker 3: And did as the Lord had said to do. The
[3:01] Speaker 3: ravens brought him bread in the morning, meat and bread
[3:03] Speaker 3: in the night, and he drank from the brook. As
[3:07] Speaker 3: time passed, the brook became dry because there was no
[3:11] Speaker 3: rain in the land. The Lord said to Elijah, Go
[3:16] Speaker 3: to Zarephath.
[3:17] Speaker 4: The land belongs to Sidon. I have told a widow
[3:21] Speaker 4: to feed you when you get there.
[3:23] Speaker 3: Elijah left the brook and went to Zarephath. When he
[3:27] Speaker 3: arrived at the city, a widow was standing there picking
[3:30] Speaker 3: up sticks, so he said to her, Can you bring
[3:34] Speaker 3: me some water in a jar and a piece of bread, please?
[3:39] Speaker 3: She said to Elijah, I do not have bread, just
[3:43] Speaker 3: a handful of flour and a little bit of oil.
[3:46] Speaker 3: I am picking up sticks so I can make one
[3:49] Speaker 3: more meal for my son and me. Elijah replied, Do
[3:53] Speaker 3: not be afraid. Go and make bread, as I said.
[3:58] Speaker 3: Before you do, make a small loaf and bring it
[4:01] Speaker 3: to me.
[4:03] Speaker 4: Then make some for you and your son.
[4:05] Speaker 3: For the God of Israel says, The flour and oil
[4:09] Speaker 3: will not go dry until the Lord sends rain. She
[4:13] Speaker 3: trusted Elijah and did what he said to do. There
[4:17] Speaker 3: was food every day for Elijah, her son, and herself.
[4:22] Speaker 3: The jar of flour never went empty. and the oil
[4:26] Speaker 3: never dried up. As time passed, the son of the
[4:30] Speaker 3: woman who owned the house became very sick. He became
[4:33] Speaker 3: so ill that one day he stopped breathing. The woman
[4:37] Speaker 3: said to Elijah, What do you have against me? Did
[4:42] Speaker 3: you come here to kill my son and remind me
[4:45] Speaker 3: of my sins? Elijah responded to her remark, Give me
[4:50] Speaker 3: your son. The woman gave her son over, and he
[4:54] Speaker 3: took him to his room and laid him on his bed.
[4:58] Speaker 3: Elijah cried out to God, saying, Lord, my God, why
[5:02] Speaker 3: have you caused tragedy over the woman who I am
[5:05] Speaker 3: staying with? He then put himself over the son three
[5:09] Speaker 3: times and cried out to the Lord again, saying, Lord,
[5:14] Speaker 3: let this boy's life return. The Lord heard Elijah's cry,
[5:20] Speaker 3: and the boy's life was restored. Elijah picked him up
[5:24] Speaker 3: and carried him down to his mother and said, Look,
[5:27] Speaker 3: your son is alive. The woman was amazed and said,
[5:32] Speaker 3: You are a man of God, and the word of
[5:36] Speaker 3: the Lord from your mouth is true.
[5:44] Speaker 1: Have you ever felt like you wanted to give up?
[5:47] Speaker 1: Maybe you lost something or someone that you love very much.
[5:52] Speaker 1: Perhaps you were disappointed or sad and think God doesn't
[5:57] Speaker 1: see you. Or worse, you might think God doesn't care.
[6:02] Speaker 1: That's how the widow at Seraphath felt. Her husband was
[6:05] Speaker 1: gone and she had no one to provide for her
[6:09] Speaker 1: or her son. She had to take care of everything
[6:13] Speaker 1: all by herself. Now there was a famine and she
[6:17] Speaker 1: was running out of food. In fact... She only had
[6:21] Speaker 1: enough food for one more meal. She just wanted to
[6:26] Speaker 1: give up. But she didn't know that when she thought
[6:31] Speaker 1: her life was over, God was just getting started. Even
[6:37] Speaker 1: though she felt sad and alone, God saw her. And
[6:42] Speaker 1: he had a beautiful plan to care for her and
[6:46] Speaker 1: her son through Elijah. Do you know that when you
[6:50] Speaker 1: feel sad and alone, God sees you too? The Bible
[6:55] Speaker 1: says he loves you so much that when you cry,
[7:00] Speaker 1: he collects your tears in a bottle. In fact, he
[7:05] Speaker 1: loves you so much that one day there won't be
[7:09] Speaker 1: any more crying at all. He'll wipe away every tear forever.
[7:16] Speaker 1: One of my favorite songs that we sing at church
[7:19] Speaker 1: is No More Night. And it talks about that verse
[7:24] Speaker 1: that says there will be no more night, no more
[7:28] Speaker 1: tears whenever we go to heaven. But until that day,
[7:33] Speaker 1: though you might not see God with your own eyes
[7:36] Speaker 1: when you're sad, you can know that he's taking his big, Huge,
[7:42] Speaker 1: God-sized thumb and wiping your tears away very softly. And
[7:49] Speaker 1: then hugging you with his heart. Just like he did
[7:53] Speaker 1: for the widow when she felt like giving up. Here's
[7:58] Speaker 1: what happened. The king of Israel, King Ahab, was a very, very,
[8:04] Speaker 1: very bad king. And his wife Jezebel was even worse.
[8:10] Speaker 1: Over and over they disobeyed God. And because they were
[8:14] Speaker 1: in charge, they told all the people of Israel to
[8:18] Speaker 1: disobey God too. And the people did it. God knew
[8:23] Speaker 1: living like this would only hurt them. So he used
[8:27] Speaker 1: Elijah to help get their attention. Elijah said, Now you
[8:32] Speaker 1: might think, no rain, woohoo! No rain means no cold,
[8:42] Speaker 1: no wet, no yucky days, no petals, no umbrellas or
[8:46] Speaker 1: mud on our shoes, and no scary thunder or lightning.
[8:51] Speaker 1: But no rain also means there's no water to help
[8:55] Speaker 1: grow apples or grain for bread, and no water for
[8:59] Speaker 1: the animals or the people to drink. That's why the
[9:04] Speaker 1: widow was running out of food. And when Elijah first
[9:08] Speaker 1: asked her for food, she explained, I have just enough
[9:13] Speaker 1: to feed my son and me one more meal. Then
[9:18] Speaker 1: we're going to die. You won't die, Elijah told her.
[9:23] Speaker 1: Just trust God and please make me some bread too.
[9:28] Speaker 1: Now the widow could have been selfish and said, No,
[9:32] Speaker 1: there's not enough food for you. I need to keep
[9:35] Speaker 1: what I have. Or she could have been bossy and said, no,
[9:40] Speaker 1: this problem is your fault. You have to deal with it.
[9:45] Speaker 1: But she didn't. Instead, she trusted God. And though she
[9:49] Speaker 1: probably felt very scared, she chose to share the little
[9:54] Speaker 1: she had with Elijah. And because she did, God did
[9:58] Speaker 1: a miracle. He made sure her food never ran out.
[10:05] Speaker 1: But a while later, the widow's son got sick and died,
[10:10] Speaker 1: and she wanted to give up again. But when she
[10:13] Speaker 1: felt saddest and most alone, God hugged her with his heart.
[10:19] Speaker 1: Then he did another miracle. He brought her child back
[10:25] Speaker 1: to life. Do you remember who else brought a child
[10:29] Speaker 1: back to life? Yes, Jesus. No matter where you see
[10:34] Speaker 1: God working in the Bible, he always shows us his
[10:38] Speaker 1: power is stronger than anything, even death. Life can be
[10:45] Speaker 1: hard sometimes. And if you want to give up, remember
[10:49] Speaker 1: that God never gives up on you. He's just getting started.
[10:55] Speaker 1: He promises us in his word, never will I leave you,
[11:00] Speaker 1: never will I forsake you. That's why you can trust
[11:04] Speaker 1: him like the widow and feel him hug you with
[11:08] Speaker 1: his heart. I'm so happy you joined me today. Come
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