God's Economy

"Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink." As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah. "
1 Kings 17:8-16

"I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread. "
Psalm 37:25

I understand both the widow and Elijah: the widow (representing the natural) feeling anxious and hopeless, her cupboard empty, resources exhausted, and Elijah (representing the supernatural limitless power of God) and the Lord bringing the two together, overcoming impossibility, bringing provision from nothingness, beauty from ashes.
I just got paid and after taking care of our obligations, I am in the same spot as the widow, with a bank account that resembles the widow's flour and oil jars.
This is the place where the Lord takes us from classroom, from basic training to the battlefield.
We have relationships with forerunners, like Elijah, those in ministry who we are committed financially to and involved with, just as Elijah asked the widow to meet his needs first, and we are grateful to be involved with them.
God's economy is awesome and intriguing, and I marvel at its mechanics. I know that God is faithful. To worry is to doubt His limitless power, lovingkindness, and goodness.
So today, I determine that I will set my face as flint, to praise and thank Him, and I will look forward with joyful expectation and excitement to what He is going to do!