Is God a poor logistic manager?

When the brook had dried up, God instructed Elijah to move out of Israel.
Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you (1 Kings 17:9).
Previously, God commanded ravens to feed Elijah.
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there (1 Kings 17:4).
Now, God commanded a widow to feed Elijah. The same word "command צִוִּיתִי" is used. This word appears first in Genesis 2 when God commanded the man He newly created not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17).
Come back to Elijah. Of course, ravens did not object. But what about the widow? She complained of not knowing the command. Here goes the legend.
So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." (1 Kings 17:10-11)
I suppose Elijah was making a request of water from the widow. Out of customs or what not, the widow complied. She did not ignore Elijah. Perhaps in ancient time, women were supposed to comply. It was their customs.
Now when the widow turned to bring water, Elijah suddenly demanded more than just water. He wanted bread. Was Elijah being unreasonable?
Not quite. I think at first, Elijah was not aware that the widow was the one God had chosen. Therefore, he simply asked for water. But suddenly, Elijah seemed to have realized that the widow was probably the widow God had arranged to feed him. Then he demanded bread in order to find out. What was more interesting was that the widow did not seem to know that God had commanded her to feed Elijah.

Wait a minute! Had not God commanded the widow to feed Elijah? I always thought that God had told the widow beforehand. But it turns out that the widow was not aware of this command of God herself. Rather, Elijah was the one to bring God's command to the widow in feed him! God must have been a poor logistic manager!
For some reasons, God had not revealed His command directly to the widow. Rather, He revealed it indirectly through Elijah. In other word, had Elijah not brought the command, he would not have been fed! In order to get fed, Elijah had to pass on God's command.
Take this analogy one step further. God has promised His salvation for us. We always think that God has prepared it beforehand in heaven. Once we finish our pilgrimage on earth, we will receive this salvation which has been waiting for us in heaven. But it turns out that we have to bring it about like Elijah. In order to attain our salvation and the salvation of the world, we need to preach the good news of salvation. Yes, we cannot sit and wait passively, hands folded, for our salvation.

The widow was obviously annoyed. She opened up and swore.
And she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a cruse; and now, 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)
How did Elijah identify this woman to be the one promised by God? Perhaps from her swearing: "As the Lord your God lives, ..."
Then Elijah told her the good news that God would provide for them throughout the drought.
And Elijah said to her, "Fear not; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make for yourself and your son.
For thus says the LORD the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not be spent, and the cruse of oil shall not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'" (1 Kings 17:13-14)
In our eyes, Elijah's persuasion was anything but convincing.
Elijah was probably right in recognizing the fear in the widow's response. When starvation was approaching slowly, it would stir up a fear of cannibalism in the widow's heart. Though fear is a strong emotion and is powerful enough to bend a will of steel, I doubt very much whether Elijah was manipulating the fear of this widow. After all, her heart was filled with love, the love of her only son. Love would drive out fear. Rather, I prefer to read this "Fear not", as a clique of God's messengers. The angels and Gabriel in Luke always precedes their messages with this phrase. I always joke that the angels must be very ugly (imagine a creature with six wings plus a head, without limbs, without torso etc.) so that they have to pacify human beings with this phrase.

Anyway, the widow believed. It turned out that she had a large household (1 Kings 17:17) to take care of. She was sort of a matron of a household and from the way she responded to Elijah, she was a tough woman not to mess around with. How could she possibly believe in Elijah, giving up their ration to feed him? Once again, it must be the work of God. Preaching the gospel is our duty. Conversion is God's.
In feeding Elijah, the widow was fed. God fed them both. God's command turns out to be a blessing, a deliverance.

Dear Lord, very often, we forget that we have to earn our own salvation. Let us not remain complacent but preach Your gospel with our words and actions. Amen.