June 20, 2016: SOAP #2391: 2Kings 4,5; Psalm 83; 1Timothy 2

Scripture: 2Kings 4:3 Elisha said, “Go round and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” 5 She left him and afterwards shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

Observation: The house was full of empty jars, after all the prophet had told her not to ask for just a few. The sons brought her the jars and she poured in the oil. She poured and she poured, until every jar was full. After every jar was filled, “then the oil stopped flowing.” There was sufficient to pay the debt, and there was abundant to live on what remained after the debt was paid!   The oil flowed as long as she had an empty jar.

Application: Two things I can say about God’s supply. It is sufficient, and it is abundant. I need to take all my empty jars to the One who pours out the oil of His Holy Spirit.

Prayer:   Holy Spirit, teach me to rest in your sufficient and abundant provision. Amen

Pastor Leon
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