He’s in the business of saving lives.
Whether by providing Elijah food and drink several days in the wilderness…
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
1 Kings 17:2-4, 6 NIV
or by providing resurrection through Elijah for the son of the woman who helped him…
Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!” The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!
1 Kings 17:21-24 NIV
throughout the Bible, the theme is always the same.
God created us, and God preserves us.
Saving us from hunger, from sickness, and all from the effects of sin, God is a life preserver.
As with Elijah, he saves us from peril, and he uses us to save others from peril.
Life is his gift if we will only reach out for him.