GOD’S PROVISION IS AS LARGE AS YOUR FAITH!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY MAY 26, 2021.

SUBJECT : GOD’S PROVISION IS AS LARGE AS YOUR FAITH!

Memory verse: "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.” (Second Kings 4 vs 6.)

READ: Second Kings 4 vs 1 - 6: 

4:1: 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.

4:2: So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” Ans she said, “Your maidservant ha nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”

4:3: Then he said, “ Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few.

4:4: 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.”

4:5: So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her, and she poured it out.

4:6: 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.

INTIMATION:

God is a faith God, and we understand that, by faith, He framed the world by His word, such that the things we see are made by things which are invisible. God’s nature of creative faith existed with His servants, and imparted on the believer as part of his inheritance in Christ. The believer or carrier of this awesome nature of God, limits himself or herself to the extent he or she exercises that faith.

The passage we read today clearly demonstrates a case of limited faith. The woman and her sons collected jars from their neighbors, pouring olive oil into them from their one flask. The olive oil stopped flowing only when they ran out of containers. The number of jars they gathered was an indication of their faith. 

God’s provision was as large as their faith and willingness to obey. If the sons had gone out to collect more vessels while she waits, the flowing of the oil wouldn’t have ceased. But they limited themselves by the number of jars they were able to gather in faith. Beware of limiting God’s blessings by a lack of faith and obedience. God can and will do even more than we ask or think (Ephesians 3 vs 20).

Abraham, adjudged as the father of faith, epitomized the creative faith nature of God. The Book of Romans 4 vs 19 - 21 gives a picture of Abraham's creative faith. Read the story over carefully until your spirit catches fire: "And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform."

Abraham never doubted that God would fulfill His promise. His life was marked by mistakes, sins, and failures as well as by wisdom and goodness, but he consistently trusted God. His faith was strengthened by the obstacles he faced, and his life was an example of faith in action. If he had looked only at his own resources for subduing Canaan and founding a nation, he would have given up in despair. But Abraham looked at God, obeyed Him, and waited for God to fulfill His word.

The believer is a faith child of God, God has imparted His very nature in us as sons and daughters. Ours is to faithfully exercise that faith in our daily lives. Jesus noted this fact when He said, in Mark 11 vs 22 - 23, “...”Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Exercise your faith to the fullest, and receive the promise.to the fullest.

Prayer: Abba Father, my believe is completely in You. Engrace me with the divine strength in exercising my faith exceedingly that I may receive abundantly more than I ask or think, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!