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在2019新冠状病毒大流行期间，人们对面粉和酵母的需求突然增加了，因为很多的人都想自己在家中烘面包。需求激增引起货品短缺，杂货店货架因此空空如也，令很多人连最基本的需要也得不到满足。

今天列王纪上的故事特别提到一些重要的物资短缺：溪水干了，面粉和油快要用尽了。饥荒使得到处都有缺乏，而以利亚、寡妇和她的儿子也似乎已到了山穷水尽的地步。

当以利亚请寡妇用她有限的食材为他做一个小饼时，请想像一下她的感受。为了履行那个时代款待客旅的传统，并且不想使她家的名声蒙羞，寡妇照着做了。她这样做极不容易，但她确实做了一个小饼给以利亚吃。结果，奇迹出现了，神不断添加她的面粉和油，直到旱灾结束的日子，从不短缺，

这件事发生在以色列境外的西顿，向外邦人证明，这位即使在匮乏中仍能带来丰足供应的耶和华神，比那些外邦的神更强大、更美善、更有权柄。事实上，我们的神是独一的真神，祂是天地万物之主。

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a sudden demand for flour and yeast. Many, many people wanted to make bread at home! This surge caused a shortage of supplies, leaving shelves bare at the grocery store and causing some people to go without the basics they needed.

Today's story in 1 Kings highlights significant shortages: the stream runs dry, and the flour and oil are about to run out. Scarcity is everywhere, and Elijah and the widow and her son seem to be living on the edge of survival.

Imagine how the widow must have felt when Elijah asked her to make him a small loaf of bread with her limited resources. Largely because of a custom to be hospitable to strangers, she did it, not wanting to bring shame on her household. It couldn't have been easy, but she made a small loaf of bread and served it to Elijah. And, miraculously, God replenished her flour and oil so that they did not run out until the end of the drought.

The fact that this takes place in Sidon, a land outside of Israel, shows that the Lord God, who makes all things abundant even in times of scarcity, is stronger, better, and more powerful than the gods of other nations. In fact, God is the only true God, the Lord of heaven and earth.