WORDS

Don`t let the jar come to the end

God only stops fulfilling our lives when there is no space anymore, in other words, when our faith

19/03/2018

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

Open God`s Word in the Book of 2 Kings chapter 4 and verse 1 and 2, said the Lord: “A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.” So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” This woman presents a situation that apparently had no way out. Her husband had died, and left a debt greater than all assets, then allowed family members or children be taken as payment. Imagine how the heart of that mother was, knowing that her two children were being taken to become slaves. The problem was so big that the prophet asked what she wanted him to do.

All of us have already received news and we asked: " What shall I do for you? ". There are people who have already shown a doctor pain and he said: "What shall I do for you?" There are prescriptions where the answer to a problem is a question, "What shall I do?"

The prophet asked her what she had at home, she said she had nothing but a jar of oil; in other words, she had nothing. But, the Lord told the prophet that he could turn that little thing into much, " Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few" II Kings 4:3. Elisha was called in a different way to be a prophet, and when God used him, it was also in a different way. He ordered that woman to borrow some jars from neighbors, we can see he empathized: "Not few". He was aware of the greatness of the miracle “And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones." II Kings 4:4. Look at how big faith that man had, he was sure God would provide that woman with too many. Elisha didn`t need much to serve the Lord, he was very close to the Father. That`s the way it is with us as well. When we don`t need much to serve the Lord, he provides us with a lot. " Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased." II Kings 4:6. That`s wonderful, my brothers, God only stops fulfilling our lives when there is no space anymore, in other words, when our faith comes to the end. " Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.” II Kings 4:7. God changed the life of that woman So will the your wish not so much to love, faith, and God will do the rest.