Sustaining Power
It was in the A.M. and the caffeine had not quite reached the places it needed to yet. Fumbling for keys I sit a stack of folders on the roof of the car. As I open the door a shadow looms over my head, a warmth flutters across my face. Instant reflex causes me to jolt back, tripping over the curb and landing straight on my behind. I look up and soaring upward is a hawk. I stand and brace myself against the car as I look around to make sure I wasn't under attack. I see it at my feet, the hawks early morning prey, stil in tack. I hurry inside the car, still startled I wonder what kind of message was that. I start the car and drive to orientation for my new job. I remember the story of Elijah being fed by the ravens and I think I know you will provide Lord I have new job and a new place.
Sitting through a full eight hours of orientation, excited and exhausted I pulled out of the parking lot, headed home my cell phone rings. I looked at the caller id, I recognized the area code, it's probably human resources I thought to myself. I answered the call it was my new supervisor. She called to tell me that there had been a mistake with my paper work and that I was not eligible for the job. I hung up the phone and instantly started to panic. My savings account was down to its last dollar. What was I going to do? How was I going to provide for my child? Fear flooded my heart and I started to envision the worse case scenario. I pulled the car over and started to cry and then I was reminded of Elijah and the ravens. A sudden sense of peace and power moved over me, I thought I will survive this.
I believe the hawk that morning was a message from GOD, that he will sustain me during this season of drought and famine. I later told the story to a woman who was a native Indian and she told be that hawks are very sacred in her culture and that they rarely relinquish their prey. She says it wasn't by accident that the hawk had dropped his prey at my feet.
We are to have confidence in the fact that GOD will sustain us during all seasons in our lives. It has been five months since that day and I have been able to maintain an apartment, food, and clothing for my family. I have also had several close encounters with hawks. They seem to appear close by when ever my faith is faltering.
Read how Elijah was sustained during the drought in I Kings 17.
