READ: 2
KINGS 13:14-19
Many
Christians readily attribute every limitation in their lives to Satan and other
human agents. Ironically many of them are their own obstacles problem. Check
your life and find out how you may have limited God’s blessing in your life and
make necessary amendments today.
In 2 Kings 4:1-7, when the Lord was about to extend the miracle of multiplication to the widow with one pot of oil, He told her through Elisha in verse 3.
“Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”
God was prepared to fill all the vessels she brought. If she could bring all the empty containers, basins and buckets in the whole world to that location, everyone of them would have been filled. If she did not bother to borrow from her friends but presented the 2 or 3 empty vessels she had, that would also have been the containers the Lord would have filled. In other words, she was the one to determine the volume of God’s blessing upon her depending on the number of containers she was able to bring.
Today, some believers read that passage and say if they were given such opportunity, they would go all over the world to get all empty containers. Really? Do you know God still gives you the same opportunity as that widow today? Yes He does. You will determine your destiny and greatness. The stars in your crown would be determined by the number of souls you won on earth. The size, volume and quality of your harvest would be determined by your seed. Your anointing is limited to the extent of your sacrifice. Your positional height is limited to your level of servant-hood and humility. Your blessing is limited to the extent of your obedience. Your eternal inheritance is determined by the extent of overcoming sin, Satan and the world. Yes, your blessings are only as large as your containers. Take appropriate steps today and release God’s limitless abundance upon you.
MEMORIZE: 2 KING 4:3 –Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all
your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
In 2 Kings 4:1-7, when the Lord was about to extend the miracle of multiplication to the widow with one pot of oil, He told her through Elisha in verse 3.
“Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”
God was prepared to fill all the vessels she brought. If she could bring all the empty containers, basins and buckets in the whole world to that location, everyone of them would have been filled. If she did not bother to borrow from her friends but presented the 2 or 3 empty vessels she had, that would also have been the containers the Lord would have filled. In other words, she was the one to determine the volume of God’s blessing upon her depending on the number of containers she was able to bring.
Today, some believers read that passage and say if they were given such opportunity, they would go all over the world to get all empty containers. Really? Do you know God still gives you the same opportunity as that widow today? Yes He does. You will determine your destiny and greatness. The stars in your crown would be determined by the number of souls you won on earth. The size, volume and quality of your harvest would be determined by your seed. Your anointing is limited to the extent of your sacrifice. Your positional height is limited to your level of servant-hood and humility. Your blessing is limited to the extent of your obedience. Your eternal inheritance is determined by the extent of overcoming sin, Satan and the world. Yes, your blessings are only as large as your containers. Take appropriate steps today and release God’s limitless abundance upon you.
