BRING WHAT YOU GOT
The proper title for this sermon should be “Bring what you got, and bring plenty of it. Don’t hold anything back, but bring it all to the Lord.” We are so guilty of believing that we cannot do many things because we just don’t know how, or we just don’t have enough of this, or we don’t have enough of that. We have our focus all wrong. We are looking at our earthly provision and thinking that we can only do just a little bit with what we have. Our perspective is wrong. When in all actuality, if God has given vision for a matter, He will also give provision. He does not expect you to have all that you need to accomplish His goals. He expects to pay His own way. And He is able to do so. But He will ask you to bring what you have. Don’t sell yourself short. Bring whatever you have to the Lord and ask Him to bless it, and then stand back and watch it multiply. Don’t you realize that God works in multiplicity? He multiplies things, He doesn’t just add to them. In Luke 6:38, the Lord says give. He doesn’t say what or how much, He just simply says give. But then He goes on to say what He will do if you do. Give, and it shall be given to you. Oh, I get it. If I give Him something, He will give me something. Yes, you got it. But again, He doesn’t just give back in the same measure that you give. He multiplies. Watch what He said. Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your bosom. God is awesome, and He works in multiplicity, not in addition. Even in your personal life, especially if you are married, or have a prayer partner somewhere that can agree with you on matters. In Deuteronomy 32, God said one would put to flight a thousand. But look at his multiplicity. He said two would put to flight ten thousand. So God is a God that multiplies what you bring to Him. So what are you going to bring to Him today? Before you answer that question, we are going to look at a few more examples of what He does when we bring what we have to Him.
2 Kings 4:1-6
Here is an illustration of what I am talking about. Here is a widow woman. She is one of the wives of one of the sons of the prophets. She has been involved in ministry. But now her husband has passed away and she finds herself in a bad situation, not knowing what to do. She needs a miracle. Without it, she ain’t gonna make it. She owed a debt that she was unable to pay, and the creditor is just about to come and take away her two sons and put them to working off the debt. Then she really will be in bad shape, because she won’t have anyone to help her out. The only thing she has left is a little pot of oil. Thank God for a little anointing. Do you have a little anointing left this morning? Maybe the devil has just about beat all of it out of you, but have you just got a little bit left this morning? Bring it to the Lord, and watch Him multiply. She didn’t have much left, but the man of God said, “Bring what you got.” So she did. And then he told her to go and borrow pots to put the oil in. Vessels. Go get all you can get. Come expecting a big miracle. Now notice that the size of the miracle that she got was in direct proportion to the amount that she was willing to believe and work for.
2 Ki 4:5 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.
2 Ki 4:6 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.
Look at this. She poured and her sons brought vessels. They went out and borrowed vessels until there were not any more vessels to borrow. Now they could have stopped at a couple of vessels apiece. They could have made one trip out and when they got their hands full, come back and gave her those and not gone back out anymore. But she said, “Go get some more.” Keep getting them until there aren’t anymore. How big of a miracle do you want? How much are you willing to believe for?
Let’s look at another instance.
John 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
John 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
John 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
John 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
John 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
John 2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
John 2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
Now these people were in a mess. They had a party going on and they had run out of wine. They were about to lose face and bring shame on their families because of it. They needed some wine, and they needed some wine fast. So Jesus mother was there, and when she found it out, she said, “Don’t worry about it, Jesus is here, He will take care of it.” Whatever He says do, do it. There were six waterpots there that day. Jesus said, fill them up with water. Now they could have said, “Well, that is about the craziest thing I ever heard of.” We don’t need water, we need wine. I’ll do what this crazy old woman said to a certain point, but I am not filling up six pots with water just to be made a fool out of. I’ll fill one of them up, but that is it. Well then he would only have received one sixth of the blessing he was supposed to receive. How much will you believe for? They filled all six of them up. Not only did they fill them up, but it says they filled them up to the brim. My God for some faith like that.
Do you know that God will even take care of your enemies to the degree that you will believe for it? Look at this:
2 Ki 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
2 Ki 13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
2 Ki 13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
2 Ki 13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Ki 13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
2 Ki 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
Here the man of God is about to die, and the king is upset about it. He knows that without the prophet’s direction and prayer for their battles they are in trouble. He says, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof. But Elisha is going to make provision for victory for him even in his death. He says, take an arrow and shoot it out the window. This represents deliverance from Syria. Now take arrows and smite the ground to indicate how great a victory you are going to have. The king smote the ground three times. Now Elisha got upset with him. He said, you should have smitten the ground five or six times, kill that old devil dead. If you had done that, if you had kept on killing when you started, and killed until he was dead and consumed. But you didn’t, so now you are only going to have a partial victory over him.
Bring what you got, and bring all that you got, don’t leave anything in the bank. Bring it all and give it to the Lord and watch what He does with it.
