1 Kings 17:5-14 - Fed by ravens

17:5,6

Elijah obeyed the Lord, and the Lord’s promise proved to be reliable.

17:7-14

Because of the drought the brook dried up, but God had also allowed for this eventuality. God spoke to Elijah, telling him to go to Zarephath and stay there. God had prepared a widow to supply him with food. Elijah again obeyed the Lord. \he went to Zarephath And saw the widow gathering sticks,He asked for water and food. 

The widow did not see how she could supply him with food, she thought she only had enough for herself and her son. She also thought that her son and her would eat what she had and die.

Elijah heard from the Lord and told the widow what he had heard. Note that it seemed that the woman could not feed Elijah, but Elijah spoke the word of God to her. Sometimes we need to speak the word to people in order for them to help us.