God's Faithfulness our Response

Intro: Landmarks and monuments have special meanings. They often are to recall and memorialize special people and events.

See God’s Movement in your life.

God’s Love for his people shown in his servants.

Elisha a servant of God that serves God’s people.

Elisha had disciples and lead them in God’s presence.

God provides us with leaders to lead us in God’s will.

God’s messengers provide hope.

Look to God’s messengers to be aids in fulfilling God’s promises.

God has provided ways to provide for his people.

His allowance gives way for when people fall into debt.

How can people fall into debt?

They can sell themselves into slavery ()

The father’s debt becomes the families debt when he dies.

Without a redeemer the Mother and the sons will take on the debt.

The debt will be is maximum 6 years then in the seventh year, or sabbatical and the year of Jubilee they have freedom and the debt is satisfied.

Elisha demonstrates God’s relationship with the poor.

God is concerned for the widows, orphan and the poor:

Isaiah 1:17 NLT

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

James

James 1:27 NLT

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

Faith reminds us what only God can do!

The Lord tells us how to be debt free.

There are three actions in this text I wan to address. One action is how God uses what you have. Second is God asks you to do what only you can do. The third is God does only what he can do.

Have to do what God’s messengers has asked you to do.

Trusting in the man of God was also trusting in God.

God tells us what we can do.

God uses what you have

What do you have? God uses what you have.

2 Kings 4:2

2 Kings 4:2 NLT

“What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.

What was not important became vital for your survival.

What had one meaning now changes into greater value.

God tells you to do what you can do.

2 Kings 4:3–4 NLT

And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.”

2 Kings 4:3

2 Kings 4:3 NLT

And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors.

You have to do the leg work of asking to borrow.

She was now depending on the generosity of the community in response to the man of God.

We can learn here how God’s word will lead us to experience God’s grace through other people when we trust in him.

God does what he does.

God you are so amazing.

2 kings 4:5

2 Kings 4:5–6 NLT

So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing.

God stretched out the olive oil the widow had to fill multiple jars.

God filled each jar to the brim(God’s blessing is sufficient).

God’s provision is lasting

When we trust in God we get to see the blessing of God daily.

2 Kings 4:7 NLT

When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”

She came back to tell the man of God how she was blessed by obeying the man of God.

Her trust in the man of God lead to her trusting in God.

Her faith in God lead her to get out of debt.

God’s work in our salvation and our proper response.

We are saved by God’s grace, his gift in our life.

The word from the man of God lead her to trust him, her friends and neighbors and ultimately God.

All were used in part of God’s plan to provide liberty for her.

God calls us to trust him in all we do.

The Lord will provide for our salvation.

Jesus settle our debt that we could not pay.

Jesus freed us from the slavery of sin.

Our Faith in Christ is never misplaced.

Her trust in Elisha lead her to her salvation.

God’s work is evidence to that he can save us.

God will do his part, all we need to to is trust and obey.

God blesses us and we are to be good stewards with God’s blessings.

The blessing got her out of debt.

The blessing was to provide a life for her and her sons.

Do not waste what God has for you.

Remember the Lord gives and the lord gives away.