And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’ “ I Kings 17:13,14
Don’t Fear Superstitions
There is reality… and there is superstition. Today, many people seem to be saying that God’s Word, God’s full involvement in every event here on earth, and even God Himself are superstitions.
For Elijah’s friend, her reality might have been the danger of hunger. And since her reality was so threatening, she was afraid. Afraid for her family. Afraid for her life. Afraid.
But Elijah tells her that there is something more than her perceived reality. In a way, Elijah is telling her that the TRUE reality (which reads better than REAL reality, but that is what I meant) is actually God. HIS promises are more trustworthy. HIS presence is more foundational. HIS actions are more solid, more important, and more necessary.
He is telling her that in a way, her hunger is the superstition. Her danger is the superstition. The threats against her are the superstition.
Because God stands above them all.
Our fears come from superstitions. Those things that we have come to believe, but that have no basis in God-fact.
I can imagine the neighbors of Elijah’s friend mocking her. Calling her superstitious. Belittling her provision from God. But they were believing in the superstitions of cause and effect (without God,) the observable being more important than the Invisible, and that tragedy is combatable by anything other than the One True Living God.
Don’t trust in superstitions. Believe in God… and Fear Not.