"IS    THERE    A    FAITH   THERE?

(Elijah and the widow)
I Kings 17:8-16.

"Then the WORD of the LORD  came to him (Elijah),
saying,
Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there.
See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."

***Please, may I interrupt here for some "personal opinion"?

It seems to me that GOD is asking Elijah a QUESTION  with the
name of the city-----

ZAREPHATH-------"is there a faith (there)?'

Remember, GOD said 'See, I have commanded a widow to provide for you."
So he arose and went to Zarephath.  And when he came to the gate of the city,
indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said
'Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink.

"And as she was going to get it, He called to her and said, 'Please bring me a
morsel of bread in your hand.'  So she said, 'As the LORD your GOD lives,
'I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar;
and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for
myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'"
 
And Elijah said to her, do not fear, 'Go and do as you have said, but
make a small cake for me from it first, and afterward, make some for
yourself and your son.

"For thus says the LORD GOD  of ISRAEL:  'The bin of flour shall not
be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends
rain on the earth."

"So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah, and
she and Elijah and her household ate for many days.

The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according
to the word of the LORD which he spoke by Elijah."

So, YES!!! there was a faith there!!!!
Both Elijah's faith, and the widow's faith (both) were strengthened.

The widow overcame her fear, responded in faith, and GOD was faithful
to His promise!!!

"If we are faithless..., He remains true (faithful to HIS WORD AND HIS
RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER) FOR HE CANNOT DENY  HIMSELF.
(II Timothy 2:13/Amplified Bible)

"For the SON of GOD, JESUS CHRIST---FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD
IN HIM ARE YES, AND IN HIM AMEN, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THROUGH
US." (II Corinthians 1:20)

How about YOU---Where YOU are going------ZARAPHATH?
(Is there a faith there?)

Take YOUR faith with you---
and SHARE IT!!!!!!!!!

FOR THE GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!