Memorise:
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. JOB 14:7.
READ : 2 KINGS 4:1-7.
1 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.
2 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.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
Message
If you are a student of the Bible, you would have discovered through
divine inspiration that the presence of God in any situation causes a
turnaround of that situation with positive results. For example, when
God comes into the situation of a debtor, the debtor can become a lender
to nations and a poor widow could become the richest person in her
community. There is a beautiful story in the Bible reading of today,
which illustrates the fact that the poorest can become the richest and
that an outcast can become a celebrity. When you have an encounter with
God, and you carry out the divine instructions given to you at the
instance of that encounter, your story would become a reference point
that people would use in pointing out the wonders of God. A widow who
had lost every hope had an encounter with God when she came across
Elisha the prophet. She got a miracle which altered the course of her
life’s history. “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.” 2 Kings 4:1.
There are certain lessons to be learnt from the story of this
widow such as the fact that she desperately cried for help. From this,
we see that for any hopeless fellow to receive help from the “Present
Help in the time of need” ( Psalm 46:1 ), he or she needs to cry to
Him. God is eager to intervene in the affairs of those who will cry to
him for help. The Bible in Jeremiah 29:13 says: “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”
Those who seek God with all their heart will find him. As long as you
decide to manage your situation or remain at your present level and
condition, the cry of your prayer will be far from being desperate. But
when you are really tired of your situation like this widow, you will
cry out to God desperately. The Bible did not say the widow had a chat
with Elisha, but that she cried unto Him because she was in desperate
need of a miracle. Also, we are not told that the widow murmured before
Elisha, but that she cried. The widow did not grumble to attract the
attention of the prophet of God; she cried out for divine intervention.
The widow got attention and her problem was permanently solved. God is
going to answer your cry today and you will sing a new song of victory,
super-abundance, peace and joy unspeakable in Jesus’ Name.
ACTION POINT :
Cry unto God and tell Him where your “shoes hurt” and He will grant you permanent relief.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 2 CHRONICLES 35-36 AND ECCLESIASTES 5.
AUTHOR : Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE
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