How Soon We Forget Gods Power and Miracles in Our Lives. - 1 Kings 14-17

1 Kings 17:17-21 (ESV Strong's)
17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” 19 And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed. 20 And he cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” 21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again.”

How Soon We Forget Gods Power and Miracles in Our Lives.

The context of these verses is found in the story of Elijah and the drought in the land.  After God declared a drought across the land, via the words of Elijah, God sent him to another country.  He sent him to a widow in Zeraphath.  He immediately provides for the widow by giving her abundant, lasting supplies (in the midst of a famine and drought).

1 Kings 17:16 (ESV Strong's)
16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.

It would seem to most of us that having a jar of flour that never runs out would be quite amazing.  My wife thinks that would be awesome.  This woman, of all woman, had it made.  But, then her son dies.  That changed the priorities of her life.  Notice how quickly one miracle was forgotten when another tragedy came into her life.   This happens to most believers.  We get so caught up in our current day we forget the blessing s of yesterday.  God is ever present, however.  His character stays the same each day.  His promises are sure each day.  But we quickly forget that God can do a miracle any day, everyday, all day.  God will bring back her son with another miracles.   She will once again see the hand of God in her life.  We should look at the present circumstances through the eyes of God past faithfulness to us and through the lens of the future promises for us.