2 Kings 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
She owed money and couldn’t pay. The law allowed her sons be taken for slaves to pay it.
Learning she only had a tiny amount of oil, Elisha told her to borrow lots of containers and fill them with the oil and she did.
She may may have said, “Boys, God is going to fill every one of these vessels out of this little flask.”
With that, they hand her the first vessel and she fills it. She fills one after the other and oil keeps pouring out of that little bottle until every vessel is filled. They sold it, paid the bills, and lived on the rest.
When the Lord shuts us up in a place of total dependence, we will see Him come through for us time and again.
When the Lord moves in power, the child of God receives a lesson in faith that can never be taken away.
Do you have a need? Lay it at the feet of Jesus. Only believe. He is able to do more than you can imagine if you give Him the opportunity.
Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit.
