SCRIPTURE: 2Kings 4:1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
2 Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a little oil.”
OBSERVATION: Elisha then told her to borrow as many empty jars as were available. The jars were then filled with the oil that miraculously continued flowing until they were all filled. The oil was sold for enough to cover the debt with extra on which they could live.
NOTE: The miracle started with what she had! As Jesus started with a young boy’s lunch in feeding the 5000, this miracle started with the oil she had. When she was obedient, what she had in her house became enough, even more than enough!
APPLICATION: Trusting God to meet my needs starts with my being obedient with what I already have! What I have + my obedience = sufficient supply.
Often, I have wanted others to use what they have in order to meet my need, but God is waiting for me to use what I have. I do not have enough to fully meet the need, but God is waiting for me to release it into His hands, then He will do one of two things: He will multiply it to fully meet the need, or He will bring in more to add to what I have invested and it meets the need. He has even shrunk the need so that what I have is sufficient! God is God and is not limited in how He keeps His promises!
PRAYER: Lord, many of your promises to me are conditioned on my obedience. In those cases, your faithfulness to me is conditional on my faithfulness to you. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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