Scripture Text:
1Kin 17:8 (KJV) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. {Zarephath: Gr.
Sarepta} 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of
the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he
called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said,
[As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a
barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks,
that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go [and] do as thou hast said: but make
me thereof a little cake first, and bring [it] unto me, and after make for
thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of
meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day
[that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. {sendeth: Heb. giveth} 15 And she
went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her
house, did eat [many] days. {many...: or, a full year} 16 [And] the barrel of
meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of
the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
Who
is a 21st Century Woman/Person of God?
1. A Person Chosen By God...
God Chooses A Single parent for a
Blessing. He commands us. He speaks to us as He spoke to Elijah and the single mother.
God chooses us to be his people in the middle of a 21st
Century world. This is the
“Whatever” Society. Whatever
comes or goes is not a problem. In
other words it doesn’t matter as along as it is all right with you.
You have been chosen by God as a whosoever in the midst of a post
modern world. Post modernity is
the state of fragmentation that exists today.
As long as it is right with you then it is right with the world.
Many of today’s society don’t care.
Apathy rules.
Rom. 10:13 (KJS) For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
2. A Person who Gives to God...
Puts God first and gives to his work
as he directs. (Time, Talent, and
Treasures.)
So many demands have been placed upon
the family today. I can see the
bottom of the barrel. There is
not enough time, money, or energy left to do all that there is to do.
Are you at the bottom of the barrel?
21st Century is a
fast paced live life to its fullest. So
have we run out of time for God, have we run out of talent for God, or have we
run out of treasures for God. But
we want to give the best that we can to our children, yet we give them only
the leftovers when we don’t give to God First in our homes.
Mala 3:10 (KJS) Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me
now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough
[to receive it].
3. A Person who trusts God...
People don’t have anything to trust
in but themselves. There is no
one else who is trustworthy. 21st Century society is a trustless Society.
There is no one left to trust.
The widow’s son was dead.
Even though she gave to God, She still was plagued with death and with
problems. But she gave her
problems to God and he restored them him unto her.
Trust your problems, your children, and your life to the Lord who cares
for you. Even though He doesn’t
take all of the storms out of our lives He is still there and He still loves
you and me.
Matt
6:24 (KJS) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
4. A Person who believes in prayer…Prayer
is the fad. But the words Jesus
Christ seem to always get left out. 21st
Century Worlds is a praying society. It
prays to the whatever God.
2Tim
3:1 (NIV) But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud,
abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--
5
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
The widow allowed prayers to be
offered up Elijah for her dead son. But
people of the living God call out on the name of the Lord.
He prayed three times. They don't quit.
They don't give up. They
don't blame the preacher. They
don't blame the Lord but they just pray.
ARE
YOU A 21ST CENTURY PERSON OF GOD?