Working through devotional questions related to 1 Kings 17, two verses captured my attention...

So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. So he arose and went to Zarephath. —I Kings 17:5, 10

Without question, Elijah trusted God and, without hesitation, obeyed.

Rather than continuing to read the miraculous account of the jars of flour and oil remaining full until the drought ended, the Holy Spirt pushed pause in my soul. It was like the cloud had metaphorically stopped in the sky above me and the Father whispered, “Camp here for a while”. I heard a question rise within me, “Why? Why did Elijah do what he was commanded so willingly, so quickly, seemingly so easily?”