Is the Lord YOUR God?

So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
1 Kings 17:12

"The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah."
1 Kings 17:16

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth.”
1 Kings 17:24

The widow in Zarephath referred to "the Lord YOUR God" meaning that He was Elijah's God and not hers. She believed He existed, but she did not know Him herself.
Happily, after a period of time, she believed in the Lord for herself. Do you know the Lord yourself, or is He just others' God? He does not want you to remain a stranger. He longs to be YOUR God. Will you let Him?

"Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."
2 Corinthians 6:2

"Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,"
1 Peter 1:10

"And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation."
Hebrews 9:27-28

"All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
Isaiah 53:6

“I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”
2 Corinthians 6:18

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