A Pot Of Oil And A Word From God! by Dana Jarvis

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.” 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.” Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 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.” So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.  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.  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.”

2 Kings 4:1-7

Elisha came to a widow with her back against the wall in circumstances certainly not for the faint of heart. She had been left penniless with creditors beating on her door demanding payment she clearly did not have. I know may of us can relate to that story! They were even determined to take her two sons as bondsmen which the Mosaic law permitted them to do at that time.

However God heard the cry of this widow’s heart!

God saw beyond the woman’s circumstances. Elisha did not ask the widow what she did not have, but what she did. God already saw that pot of oil! Elisha then told her to do something totally out of ordinary as she would go and borrow other vessels. She faced an impossible situation, yet look what God did. She poured that oil into every container one after another as it multiplied right before her eyes. She went from penniless and on the verge of losing her sons to being totally debt-free!

Just a pot of oil and a word from God through his prophet Elisha changed everything!

You may be in some dire circumstances, but what do you have in your hands that God can use to cause a turnaround for you? That pot of oil became the widows secret to her financial breakthrough. That pot of oil represented her faith! Her act of sacrifice shattered the grip of poverty at that very moment.

If you will pour out your faith, God will use what you have. Disregard the reports of famine, lack and all the other lies the enemy is trying to feed you. Gods outpouring and harvest are ready to be unleashed into your life. You may feel you only have a little like the widow, but to God that little is much and can transform your life forever in a moment. Step out in faith and God will multiply everything you have in your hands.

Your future is so much greater than your past. Your tomorrows can be more prosperous than anything you have known before!

© Dana Jarvis

Dana Jarvis
Hezekiah’s Wall
www.hezekiahswall.weebly.com

Dana Jarvis is the Founder of Hezekiah’s Wall Ministry. She is a Prophetic Teacher, Intercessor, Christian Life Coach, and mainly a Spirit-Filled Daughter of the Lord, speaking forth His words of fire and passion. For her it is all about tearing down the walls and all the while shouting His Name.