GPiper
August 28th 2003, 06:31 AM
Today life will demand more from you than your able to give before you become fearful, depressed, and feel helpless here’s something for you to think about......
The wife of a member of the prophetic brotherhood appealed to Elisha. "Your servant my husband is dead," she said, "and you know how your servant revered Yahweh. A creditor has now come to take my two children and make them his slaves." Elisha said, "What can I do for you? Tell me, what have you got in the house?" "Your servant has nothing in the house," she replied, "except a flask of oil." Then he said, "Go outside and borrow jars from all your neighbors, empty jars and not too few. When you come back, shut the door on yourself and your sons, and pour the oil into all these jars, putting each aside when it is full." So she left him; and she shut the door on herself and her sons; they passed her the jars and she went on pouring. When the jars were full, she said to her son, "Pass me another jar." "There are no more," he replied. Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the man of God, who said, "Go and sell the oil and redeem your pledge; you and your children can live on the remainder."
[2nd Kings 4:1 - 4:7]
Did you pick up on the most important instructions given to the woman? “Go outside and borrow jars from all your neighbors, empty jars and not too few,” the prophet told the woman. He could have said, “Don’t depend on yourself seek help from those around you and don’t think small think big!”
That same advice is presented to you today. When life overwhelms you get help from your friends think big think Jesus and then overwhelm life.
Remember Jesus is… … …Bigger than big!
Gary
The wife of a member of the prophetic brotherhood appealed to Elisha. "Your servant my husband is dead," she said, "and you know how your servant revered Yahweh. A creditor has now come to take my two children and make them his slaves." Elisha said, "What can I do for you? Tell me, what have you got in the house?" "Your servant has nothing in the house," she replied, "except a flask of oil." Then he said, "Go outside and borrow jars from all your neighbors, empty jars and not too few. When you come back, shut the door on yourself and your sons, and pour the oil into all these jars, putting each aside when it is full." So she left him; and she shut the door on herself and her sons; they passed her the jars and she went on pouring. When the jars were full, she said to her son, "Pass me another jar." "There are no more," he replied. Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the man of God, who said, "Go and sell the oil and redeem your pledge; you and your children can live on the remainder."
[2nd Kings 4:1 - 4:7]
Did you pick up on the most important instructions given to the woman? “Go outside and borrow jars from all your neighbors, empty jars and not too few,” the prophet told the woman. He could have said, “Don’t depend on yourself seek help from those around you and don’t think small think big!”
That same advice is presented to you today. When life overwhelms you get help from your friends think big think Jesus and then overwhelm life.
Remember Jesus is… … …Bigger than big!
Gary