I spent time in 2 Kings 4 this morning and my heart was greatly inspired all over again by the faith lessons given to us in these stories of Elisha the prophet. Oddly enough I seem to be even more moved by the story of the provision for the widow than by the miracle of raising a young boy from the dead! The Spirit spoke fresh revelation to me this morning about the widow's oil!
2 Kings 4:1-3:
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 small jar of olive oil.”
3 Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.
Don't ask for just a few! Isn't that what we do? If a man of God told me to go to my neighbors and ask for empty jars, I'm sure I would go collect five or six jars and return home, feeling I'd done what I was told. Oh, how we limit God! He knows what we need, and when we trust Him and think big like HE thinks, He is able to open His storehouse and provide ALL that we need and more!But He had more to show me in this story - 2 Kings 4:5-6:
5 She left him and 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.
The widow kept pouring and pouring and the oil kept flowing - until when? Until her son spoke out the words "There is not a jar left." Did he speak out a negative word that stopped the flow? Might there have been more jars appear and more oil miraculously flow if he had not spoken an end to it? I'm just pondering this thought that quickened in my heart. The Scripture does go on to say that at this point the widow went back to the man of God (Elisha) and he told her, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left." Certainly this shows that God did provide for all they needed, as He always does when we pray and act by faith. But I'm just wondering...when her son said "there is not a jar left," did he limit the blessing? I felt the LORD was simply showing me once again the power of our spoken words. He is exhorting us to press forward with a faith we have not had before; to believe for more than enough, to trust Him for a great river when everything seems dried up, to believe for a flow of His oil that will fill our lamps and not cease!
Praise our Mighty King Yeshua! He has provided enough for us to purchase our four airline tickets to Kenya. Now we are believing Him for enough to take care of our expenses for food and also a generous gift for the orphanage where we will minister. Thank you for believing with us and being a part of this still-flowing provision. By faith there is going to be MORE than enough!
Kelly Ferrari Mills
DoorKeeper Ministries
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