The Flow

2 Kings 4:1–7 NIV84

1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” 2 Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a little oil.” 3 Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” 5 She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

Flow: is a state of mind in which a person becomes fully immersed in an activity. Positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi describes flow as a state of complete immersion in an activity. Being immersed can be defined as a state of focus in which a person is completely absorbed and engrossed in their work

Flow: A smooth uninterrupted movement or progress; continuous transfer of energy

Arise: to begin to occur or to exist, to originate from a source, to move upward

1. Faith to get in the flow

Faith unlocks the flow

The widow needed faith to believe Elisha

Faith will turn little into abundance

The widow needed faith to see beyond her limits

The widow needed faith to experience a life altering miracle

2. Loyalty to get in the flow

Loyal: unswerving in allegiance; faithful to a private person to whom faithfulness is due, faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution, or product

The widow’s husband had been loyal

The widow needed to be loyal to the Word of the Prophet

Loyalty sets you up in for FLOW

God is calling us to a deeper commitment of loyalty

You need to become owners of the vision

Do your part—ask neighbors

God will fill them

3. Obedience to get in the flow

Obedience releases the FLOW from the Holy Spirit

Obedience sets you up for FLOW to generations

The widow had to be obedient to the direction of the prophet

The widow obeyed and the flow started

He said to sell the oil pay the debts and live off the rest

4. Worship to get in the flow

The widow’s husband was a faithful servant of God—a worshipper

Worship releases the flow of the Spirit of God

Worship means to bend over or bow down

Worship is giving honor to God

Worship is realizing who God is and that you are His