Morning and Evening with Charles Spurgeon

February 28 | Evening

3 min

•Feb 28, 2026about 2 months ago

Summary

Charles Spurgeon reflects on divine faithfulness and provision through the biblical story of Elijah and the widow's jar of flour and jug of oil. He encourages listeners that God's grace and mercy will sustain them through daily necessities and hardships, just as the widow was never hungry during the three-year famine.

Insights

Divine provision is constant and renewable—daily withdrawals don't deplete God's supply, offering reassurance against scarcity fears
Spiritual reliance on God provides greater security than material wealth or institutional safeguards
Faith-based confidence in divine care transcends external circumstances, including widespread famine and desolation
Human plans and worldly confidence (pride, self-reliance) are fragile, but God's mercy is infinite and inexhaustible

Trends

Religious messaging emphasizing financial security through faith rather than material accumulationDevotional content addressing anxiety about resource scarcity and daily provisionSpiritual framing of resilience during times of crisis and uncertainty

Topics

Divine faithfulness and provisionFaith-based financial securityBiblical interpretation and applicationSpiritual resilience during hardshipTrust in divine mercyDaily necessities and sustenanceFamine and scarcityComparison of worldly vs. spiritual confidence

Companies

Bank of England

Referenced metaphorically as inferior to God as a guardian of wealth and security

People

Elijah

Biblical prophet whose story of divine provision through the widow's jar is the central narrative

Methuselah

Referenced as a biblical figure known for extreme longevity to illustrate God's eternal provision

Quotes

"Better to have God for your guardian than the Bank of England for your possession."

Charles Spurgeon

"Each day, though it brings its trouble, it shall also bring its help."

Charles Spurgeon

"You might spend the wealth of the nations, but you can never exhaust the infinite mercies of God."

Charles Spurgeon

Full Transcript

February 28th, evening. 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. 1 Kings 17, verse 16. Consider the faithfulness of divine love. It is clear that this woman had daily necessities. She had to feed her son and herself in a time of famine, and now, in addition, the prophet Elijah was also to be fed. But though the need was threefold, the supply was not spent, for it was constant. Each day she made withdrawals from the jar, but each day it remained the same. You, dear reader, have daily necessities, and because they come so frequently you are apt to fear that the jar of flour will one day be empty, and the jug of oil will fail you. Rest assured that according to the word of God this shall not be the case. Each day, though it brings its trouble, it shall also bring its help. And though you should live longer than Methuselah and your needs should be as many as the sands of the seashore yet God grace and mercy will last through all your necessities and you will never know a real lack. For three long years in this widow's days, the heavens never saw a cloud, and the stars never wept a holy tear of dew upon the wicked earth. Famine and desolation and death made the land a howling wilderness. But this woman was never hungry, but always joyful in abundance. So it will be with you. You will see the sinner's hope perish, for he trusts in himself. You will see the proud Pharisee's confidence crumble, for he builds his hope upon the sand. You will even see your own plans blown apart, but you will discover that your daily needs are amply supplied. Better to have God for your guardian than the Bank of England for your possession. You might spend the wealth of the nations, but you can never exhaust the infinite mercies of God. This has been Morning and Evening a production of Crossway