Date: Tuesday, 15th April, 2025
Text: 2 Kings 4:1-7
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
In 2 Kings 4 we come across the story of widow whose husband was a prophet. He had borrowed money from some creditors and could not pay till he died. The creditors had threatened to enslave his two boys as collateral since he could not pay.
In distress the widow approached Elisha for help. The prophet asked her to tell him what she had and she told him she had only a little olive oil in a jar. That was enough for God to multiply. She was asked go to her neighbors and borrow as many empty jars as she could. Then she and her sons were to go into her house, close the door, and start pouring oil into the jars. She was to set each one aside as soon as it was full..
So the woman went into her house with her sons, closed the door, took the small jar of olive oil, and poured oil into the jars as her sons brought them to her. When they had filled all the jars, she asked if there were any more. When there was no more jar to be filled the olive oil stopped flowing.
She went back to Elisha, the prophet, who said to her, “Sell the olive oil and pay all your debts, and there will be enough money left over for you and your sons to live on.” 1 Kings 4:7b
Everybody has something no matter how little. Moses had his rod and God used it; the widow of Zarephath had a little flour she could bake. The woman in today’s story had a little oil in a jar. You too have something!
Sometimes oil represents the Holy Spirit- Acts 10:38. He alone is the one that will multiply that little thing you have. Are you harassed, stranded or indebted? You need the oil of divine favour to flow in your direction. That little thing you have that seems inconsequential is what God will use to bless you.
Prayer Nugget: Father, let the oil of favour flow in my direction and deliver me from every shameful or embarrassing situation in Jesus name.
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