WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF YOUR ROPE
2 Kings 4:1-7
God will never require from us anything that he’s not already given us.
This passage teaches us the glorious truth that God has a provision for our problem.
2 Kings 4:1 “Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
GOD KNOWS OUR PROBLEMS
There Was Despair In Her Family
There Was Death In Her Family
There Was Desperation In Her Family
There Was Devotion In Her Family
Job 14:1 “How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!
John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
Proverbs 15:3 The LORD is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.
2 Chronicles 16:9 The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him… .
Hebrews 4:15 For our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses. When he lived on earth, he was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin.
1 Peter 5:7 “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” He cares more than you know about what you are facing.
Our problems are really just God’s opportunities in disguise.
2 Kings 4:2-4 “And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.”
GOD RELEASES OUR POTENTIAL
God erased her faith by forcing her to admit what she didn’t have.
God expanded her faith by teaching her trust, humility and obedience.
She needed much, but she could not possibly meet her own needs.
He isn’t trying to erase our faith in Him; He is trying to erase our faith in ourselves.
As long as we think we can, He won’t!
2 Kings 4:5 “So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.”
He Expands Our Faith Personally
She couldn’t see it, but God had already given her the very thing He would use to meet her need.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
He has promised to answer your prayers, Matt. 7:7-11.
He has promised to meet all your needs, Phil. 4:19; Matt. 6:25-34.
He Expands Our Faith Publically
God used her as a living, breathing sermon to her neighbors.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
He Expands Our Faith Privately
When the Lord moves in power, the child of God receives a lesson in faith that can never be taken away from them.
Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.”
2 Kings 4:5-7 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
GOD GIVES OUR PROVISION
She began that day with nothing, she ended it with everything!
God will do exactly what He has promised to do.
Hebrews 6:18 “So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.”
His provision is limited by nothing but our faith.
God stands ready to give all that you make room for in your life, no more and no less!
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