June 30, 2006
The Word June 30, 2006
The Widow and The Pot of Oil
Lesson Four:
Our obedience to God will lead us to a blessing.
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.”
-Yesterday, we talked about how the widow was blessed exceedingly and abundantly above what she asked for. We said that today we would address why she was blessed above what she was asking for. It was in her obedience. To better explain this, I would like to look at a verse from the Amplified Bible. I love the way that this bible breaks it down.
“Do you know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slaves of him whom you obey, whether that be to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to righteousness (right doing and right standing with God)?” Romans 6:16
King James Version reads like this:
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16
Our obedience to God leads us to his righteousness. God will take care of his righteous people.
-There are many things that the widow could have done. She could have questioned why she had to get so many vessels. She could have questioned pouring the little bit of oil she had in the vessels. However, she didn’t, she just obeyed and God rewarded her for her faith and her obedience. Her blessing could not have come if she did not obey the words of the man of God. “Lord, please bless me with a spirit of obedience.”
The Widow and The Pot of Oil
Lesson Four:
Our obedience to God will lead us to a blessing.
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.”
-Yesterday, we talked about how the widow was blessed exceedingly and abundantly above what she asked for. We said that today we would address why she was blessed above what she was asking for. It was in her obedience. To better explain this, I would like to look at a verse from the Amplified Bible. I love the way that this bible breaks it down.
“Do you know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slaves of him whom you obey, whether that be to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to righteousness (right doing and right standing with God)?” Romans 6:16
King James Version reads like this:
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16
Our obedience to God leads us to his righteousness. God will take care of his righteous people.
-There are many things that the widow could have done. She could have questioned why she had to get so many vessels. She could have questioned pouring the little bit of oil she had in the vessels. However, she didn’t, she just obeyed and God rewarded her for her faith and her obedience. Her blessing could not have come if she did not obey the words of the man of God. “Lord, please bless me with a spirit of obedience.”
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