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1 Kings 17 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 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.

This is a matter of listening to the God. Many times in our lives we follow what God tells us to do. When we do what He tells us, everything goes great. But have you ever gotten to a place where everything just doesn't seem to be going quite like you thought. Everything was great when we were listening to God but then we get complacent. We get to a point where we stop listening. God takes us to places spiritually where we will flourish. Like Elijah if you listen and obey, God will take you to that place. Elijah obeyed and God sent him to a place where he had a constant supply of water and food. Then the water source, where Elijah was at, dried up. Jesus is our living water and if we listen we will be taken to a place where we will thrive. But we cannot rely on the same place forever. After a while the water source Elijah was at dried up. All the water on earth did not dry up, only the place where he was at. This is so true in our spiritual life. We try to thrive on the same water source because we are comfortable. When we get comfortable we stop listening to God. Eventually the place where we are at in our spiritual life will dry up. When it does, we sit back and try to survive in a place spiritually where there is no more flow. We need to listen to God and He will put us in the right place to receive more. Open your heart to God and listen to what He wants you to do. When you do listen you will be sustained spiritually. God does not want us to stay in the same place all the time. God is constantly moving us in our spiritual life to better ourselves for His service. Don't become complacent and stop listening. If you do you will stay in a place which once flourished but has become dried up.