The Meal Kept Stretching (Remix)

The Meal Kept Stretching (Remix)

From the album ·Bible Stories, Vol. 1 — The Remixes

📖 1 Kings 17:8-16

Lyrics

Written by Carl Hicks Jr. / SESAC

[Chorus – Full Choir, Tight Unison]
The meal kept stretching
The meal kept stretching
When the famine hit the land
The meal kept stretching

One little handful
One little jar
But God put enough
In what looked too small

The meal kept stretching
The oil kept pouring
Every day she reached again
And there was still more

[Bridge – Warm Stacked Harmonies]
She said, "This is all
That I have left"

The prophet said, "Make mine first
And trust what God said"

No overflowing cupboard
No harvest in the field

But every time she opened it
Provision was revealed

Trust the word
Trust the word
God will keep His word

[Chorus – Choir Snaps, Unexpected Brass Hits]
The meal kept stretching
The meal kept stretching
Through the drought and through the days
The meal kept stretching

The jar never emptied
The barrel stayed supplied
God kept a household
When the whole land dried

The meal kept stretching
The oil kept pouring
Every day she reached again
And there was still more

[Bridge – Rhythmic Choir Changes]
Last meal
God saw it

Last jar
God knew it

Last hope
God held it

One word
Changed the ending

She gave in faith
The Lord gave back

What looked like little
Would not run out

Day after day
She reached inside

And every single time
God had supplied

[Repetitive Run – Deep Pocket Groove]
Still some meal
Still some oil

Still some meal
Still some oil

Morning came
Still enough

Evening came
Still enough

One more day
Still enough

One more need
Still enough

Kept stretching
Kept stretching
God kept stretching it

Kept pouring
Kept pouring
God kept pouring it

Not empty
Not empty

The barrel wasn't empty

Not dry
Not dry

The oil never ran dry

[Choir Run – Tight Vocal Changes]
Little became plenty
Plenty became daily

Daily became proof
That the Lord would sustain them

Reach again
There is more

Reach again
There is more

God had already
Gone before

Meal in the barrel
Oil in the jar

God can keep a house
In the middle of hard

[Outro – Smooth Choir Resolution]
The land had famine
But her house had bread

The prophet gave the word
And she did what he said

The barrel kept giving
The oil still flowed

The Lord kept the promise
And carried the load

The meal kept stretching
The meal kept stretching

[Final Choir Hit]
There was still more!

Label: Stoney Rock Music Group

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