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One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the LORD. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
We may think all is lost, but we have to ask for help…
“What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?”
We have more than we think. We need to use what we have…
“Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.
Increase your capacity. Don’t have too much pride to borrow.
And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors.”
Shut the door to the past, to the possibility of failure, to the voices, to your mouth…
“Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you…”
Capacity is our only limitation. Let God pour you out so that He can fill you up.
“…Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.” So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. Soon every container was full to the brim!
When we hit capacity, God stops the supply. Stretch your capacity!
“Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing.
Use what God has provided, sell it, pay your debts and live on what is left over.
When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”
Don’t get comfortable. Keep stretching your capacity. God’s provision stops when your capacity is reached. Pour yourself out for others and let God keep filling you up!
To go into this in further detail, read 2 Kings 4:1-7
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