Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Kings 17:24

"And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth." — 1 Kings 17:24 (ASV)

Did she not know this before? Yes, or else she would not have given him the first portion of her meal. She must have known it, for she had been living for a long time upon the meal and the oil which he had multiplied. But now she said that she knew it, as if she had never known it before.

God has a way of bringing truth home to the heart with such vividness that, though we have been perfectly acquainted with it for years, yet we are compelled to cry, "Now I know it; now I have it as I never had it before; now I grasp it and embrace it with my very soul!" May we all know the truth of God in this grand fashion! Amen.