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It keeps Pouring

2 Kings 4:1-6 (NRSV)

“Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.” Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a jar of oil.” He said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not just a few. Then go in, and shut the door behind you and your children, and start pouring into all these vessels; when each is full, set it aside.” So she left him and shut the door behind her and her children; they kept bringing vessels to her, and she kept pouring. When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” But he said to her, “There are no more.” Then the oil stopped flowing. She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your children can live on the rest.”

Six short verses with much impact. What do you do when you can’t do anything else? You get to one that can help. I like how this shows us - us at times. We all have been there- needing help. 

Elisha asked what could he do for her? That’s a big ask. And then he narrowed it now to what did she have. Can you see how she would be able to participate in her own aid? She just needed Elisha’s guidance. Yes, his miracle, but when we begin to see miracles all around us, they become everyday occurrences.

She got the jars from her neighbors, that’s conversation- relationship. We need that in life. But when it was time to work she had to close the door with only her and her sons. You know I think that had some of the neighbors came to see what would happen - it would not have happened. I’m thinking too many skeptics. Too many with no faith. Anyway. .  

So yes, the oil kept pouring as long as there were jars.  My my. The widow was to sell the oil, pay her debts, and they would live on the rest.

That’s the promise. When we have faith in God, it keeps pouring. Your ‘it’ keeps pouring. He allows us to participate in our healing. The participation is our faith. As long as we believe we see what God is doing. And we can trust even when it gets hard- because it will. enough for now.

God Chaser

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile” (Jer. 29:11-14 NRSV)

Let’s revisit this passage. Yes, he knows his plans for us - but it’s hard sometimes to allow him to show us. I think that’s why he gives us pieces at a times. And we must listen - we must learn to listen. Oh but when we do- then we have an assurance- that no matter what- God already has it covered. 

So what do we do with this? We watch for what God is doing in our lives. We seek him. Bottom line. It all lines up. We seek God- above anything else. Everything flows out of our seeking God. We seek him with all our heart. And when we seek him, he allows us to find him - over and over. In the book, the “God Chasers,” by Tommy Tenney, he says We chase God, he allows us to catch him, and then he lets us go, and we chase him again. The things is that he will always let us catch him. My my. 

God restores us. There is nothing more to say. We are restored. We are the  restored. Spend time today to watch what God is doing. Look at how it connects. enough for now.

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