June 26, 2006
The Word June 26, 2006
The Widow and The Pot of Oil
2 Kings 4: 1-7 (King James Version)
“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. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.”
-Just like last week, there are lessons that can be learned from this story as well. Elisha was a prophet of God and one of his servants died leaving behind a wife and two boys. The widow comes to Elisha and tells him that the creditors were going to take her sons away and sell them into slavery. She brings to Elisha’s remembrance that her husband was a God fearing man. He ask her what it is that she has in her house. She says that all she has is a pot of oil. He instructs her to go and borrow as many empty vessels as she can from her neighbors. Then to go into her house and shut the door on her and her sons. Next, she was to start pouring the oil she had into the empty vessels. She poured until she had not more vessels to pour oil into, “and the oil stayed.” Elisha then tells her to sell the oil, pay off her debt, and for her and her children to live off of the rest.
This week the Holy Spirit gave me four lessons:
1. We need to be emptied out, so God can fill us up.
2. We need to spend one on one, personal time with God.
3. God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).
4. Our obedience to God will lead us to a blessing.
The Widow and The Pot of Oil
2 Kings 4: 1-7 (King James Version)
“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. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.”
-Just like last week, there are lessons that can be learned from this story as well. Elisha was a prophet of God and one of his servants died leaving behind a wife and two boys. The widow comes to Elisha and tells him that the creditors were going to take her sons away and sell them into slavery. She brings to Elisha’s remembrance that her husband was a God fearing man. He ask her what it is that she has in her house. She says that all she has is a pot of oil. He instructs her to go and borrow as many empty vessels as she can from her neighbors. Then to go into her house and shut the door on her and her sons. Next, she was to start pouring the oil she had into the empty vessels. She poured until she had not more vessels to pour oil into, “and the oil stayed.” Elisha then tells her to sell the oil, pay off her debt, and for her and her children to live off of the rest.
This week the Holy Spirit gave me four lessons:
1. We need to be emptied out, so God can fill us up.
2. We need to spend one on one, personal time with God.
3. God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).
4. Our obedience to God will lead us to a blessing.
posted by Phybee | 12:32 AM
3 Comments:
Thank you for point number 4, so much is tied into obdience
Yes, it is!
I can't wait to see what the Holy Spirit got to say about it.
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