2 Kings 4:1-7 (KJV)
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the
prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou
knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to
take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast
thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in
the house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and
upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt
set aside that which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons,
who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her
son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel
more. And the oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil,
and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
(SHOW ME WHAT YOUR WORKING WITH)
OUR FOCUS THIS MORNING
/EVENING
IS ABOUT PERPECTIVE ON HOW WE LOOK AT LIFE
BECAUSE IN 2022 WE ALL HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME DEPRESSIVE ISSUES
IN OTHER WORDS
THERE WAS SOME TIMES WE DID`NT FELL LIKE
SAYING WE`RE BLESS AND HIGHLY FAVORED IN THE LORD
SOMETIMES WE DID`NT FEEL LIKE SAYING AMEN
BECAUSE LIFE CAN TACKLE US SO
WHERE WE BEGIN TO FEEL LIKE IT`S ALL ON US AND LESS ON GOD
BUT AS CHILDREN OF GOD
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT GOD IS JEHOVAH JIREH
AND HE STILL IS A PRO --VID-ER
IN OTHER WORDS
PRO MEANS AHEAD
AND VIDE IS WHERE WE GET THE WORD VIDEO
WHICH MEANS SEE
WHICH SUGGEST TO US
THAT GOD HAS ALREADY SEEN AHEAD
THAT WHY WE DON`T NEED TO BE WALKING AROUND STRESS OUT
BUT WE NEED TO BE SHOWING GOD WHAT WE WORKING WITH
IN OTHER WORD
WE DON`T HAVE TIME TO BE WATCHING EMPIRE
BECAUSE WE OUGHT TO BE BUSY BUILDING ONE FOR GOD
WE OUGHT NOT MISS BIBLE CLASS TO WATCH POWER
BUT WE OUGHT TO COME TO THE HOUSE OF PRAYER WHERE THERE IS POWER
BUT I WANTED TO TALK ON PERPECTIVE
BECAUSE WE ALL WENT THROUGH SOME TESTS IN 2021
HAD TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE
JUDGING YOU IN JANUARY
FRUSTRATED IN FEBURARY
HAD A RUN IN WITH SOME MESSY PEOPLE IN MARCH
AGGRAVATED IN APRIL
MAD IN MAY
HAD TO DEAL WITH JEALOUS FOLK IN JUNE AND JULY
RAN INTO ADVERSITY IN AUGUST
STRUGGLED IN SEPTEMBER
HAD TO FACE SOME OBSTABLES IN OCTOBER
HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME NOSY FOLK`S IN NOVEMBER
THE ENEMY TRIED TO SET YOU UP IN DECEMBER
BECAUSE HIS WILES IS TO KEEP US FOCUS ON THE THINGS WE
DON`T HAVE
TO KEEP US FROM WORKING WITH THE THINGS WE DO HAVE
BECAUSE IN THE MIDIST OF OUR NOTHINGNESS
THERE`S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT GOD CAN USE FOR HIS GLORY
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD IF YOU GOT JESUS
YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED
THATS WHY WE OUGHT TO BE SHOWING GOD WHAT WE`RE
WORKING WITH
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OUR TEXT OUR TEXT
IS CENTERED AROUND A WOMAN WHOSE
HUSBAND HAS DIED
AND THE CREDITORS HAVE COME FOR HER SONS
SO SHE GOES TO THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP
AND TELLS ELISHA
YOUR SERVANT MY HUSBAND IS DEAD
IN OTHER WORDS SHE USES SOME REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY TO INVITE ELISHA INTO HER PROBLEM
NOTICE --- NOTICE ---NOTICE
SHE DOSE`NT SAY MY HUSBAND YOUR SERVANT
BUT SHE SAYS
YOUR SERVANT MY HUSBAND
IN OTHER WORDS SHE WAS LETTING ELISHA KNOW
HE WAS APART OF THE
PROPHETIC BUT HIS FINANCING WAS PATHETIC
IN OTHER WORDS
HE KNEW HOW TO BORROW MONEY BUT HE HAD A
PROBLEM WHEN IT CAME TO PAYING IT BACK
BUT IN RETURN ELISHA INVITES HER TO BE APART OF THE SOLUTION
FOR THE TEXT REVEALS
THAT HE ASK HER A QUESTION
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE
AND SHE SAYS NOTHING EXCEPT A LITTLE POT OF OIL
AND IT`S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IN THE HEBREW CULTURE
THAT WHEN A PERSON VISTED SOMEONE HOME
EACH HOME HAD A SERVANT AT THE DOOR WHO WOULD WASH YOUR FEET IN A WASH POT
WHICH WAS CALLED MOAB WHICH STANDS FOR GOD`S WASH POT
AND AFTER THEY WASH YOUR FEET THEY WOULD
TAKE OIL AND PUT IN UNDER THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET
BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE POURS UNDER THE BOTTOM OF OUR FEET
THEN WE HAVE IN ANY OTHER PART OF OUR BODY
THEN THEY WOULD WASH YOUR FACE AND TAKE
THE OIL ANNOINT YOUR FACE WITH OIL
AND THEY CALLED IT MAKE ONE GREASEY
AND THE OIL WOULD HAVE FRAGRANCE IN IT TO REFRESH YOU FROM YOUR JOURNEY
AND WHAT SO UNIQUE ABOUT OIL IS THAT
EVERYWHERE IN THE BIBLE IT REFERS TO ANNOINTING
AND MAYBE THERE`S SOMEONE HERE THIS MORNING /EVENING
WHO WENT THROUGH SOMETHINGS IN 2021
AND MAYBE YOU WENT THROUGH BECAUSE YOU HAVEN`T USED WHAT IN YOUR HOUSE
BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
GOD GAVE ALL OF US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH
YOU SEE HE GAVE
STEVE JOB ----APPLE
BILL GATES ---MICROSOFT
HE GAVE MARTIAN LUTHER KING ---A DREAM
LA BRON JAMES A BASKETBALL
HE GAVE DAK PRESCOT A BUNCH OF INTERCEPTIONS
HE GAVE COLONEL SANDERS 14 SPICES
HE GAVE MICHAEL JACKSON THE MOON WALK
TYLER PERRY ---MADEAR
IN OTHER WORDS GOD GAVE ALL OF US SOMETHING TO WORK WITH
SO SHOW ME WHAT YOUR WORKING WITH
SOME GIFT
SOME TALENT
WE ARE NOT USING TO GIVE GOD THE GLORY HE TRULY DESERVE
SO HER RESPONSE TO ELISHA IS NOTHING EXCEPT
A LITTLE POT OF OIL
ELISHA TELLS HER TO GO BORROW MANY VESSELS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
AND THATS A WORD FOR US THIS MORNING
BECAUSE MAYBE SOME OF US WENT THROUGH SOMETHINGS IN 2021
AND MAYBE IT`S BECAUSE WE WE`RE HANGING OUT WITH FOLKS
WHO COMPLICATE YOU INSTEAD OF COMPLEMENTING YOU
IN OTHER WORDS
IF FOLKS AIN`T ABOUT WHAT YOU ABOUT
YOU DON`T NEED TO BE ABOUT THEM
BUT HE TELLS HER
GO BORROW VESSELS
THEN TAKE YOUR SONS HOME AND SHUT THE DOOR
IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE SHUT THE DOOR ON NEGATIVE
INFLUENCES
SHUT THE DOOR ON FAITHLESS PEOPLE
SHUT THE DOOR ON PEOPLE WHO DON`T GOT NOTHING GOOD TO SAY
SHUT THE DOOR ON THOSE WHO TRY TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN`T DO
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR SHUT THE DOOR
AND SHOW GOD WHAT YOU`RE WORKING WITH
(WELL) THE TEXT REVEALS THAT WHEN SHE BORROWED THE VESSELS AND SHUT THE DOOR
AND WHEN SHE STARTED POURING THE OUT THE OIL ON HER END
THAT GOD OF HEAVEN STARTED POURING IN ON HIS END
AND I STOP BY TO TELL SOMEBODY
IF YOU WILL JUST USE WHAT YOU GOT
THE GREAT I AM WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED
BECAUSE GOD IS WAITING ON YOU TO START WHERE YOU AT
FOR HE CAN TAKE YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
