The Mother Who "Struck It Rich"
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Mothers and their many responsibilities.
Mothers and their many responsibilities.
1. This mother knew where to go in her time of need, 2 Kings 4:1.
1. This mother knew where to go in her time of need, 2 Kings 4:1.
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
2. This mother found the answer she needed was right at home, 2 Kings 4:2-4.
2. This mother found the answer she needed was right at home, 2 Kings 4:2-4.
Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”
Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.
“And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full.”
3. This mother found that the possibilities are unlimited when you allow God to use what you have, 2 Kings 4:5-7.
3. This mother found that the possibilities are unlimited when you allow God to use what you have, 2 Kings 4:5-7.
“And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full.”
So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured.
When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not one vessel more.” And the oil stopped.
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”