Post by Woody Williams on Mar 22, 2007 6:50:59 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Kings 4:1-7
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Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha,
"Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant
feared the LORD, but a creditor has come to take my two children as
slaves." Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what
do you have in the house?" She answered, "Your servant has nothing in
the house, except a jar of oil." He said, "Go outside, borrow vessels
from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not just a few. Then go
in, and shut the door behind you and your children, and start pouring
into all these vessels; when each is full, set it aside." So she left
him and shut the door behind her and her children; they kept bringing
vessels to her, and she kept pouring. When the vessels were full, she
said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." But he said to her,
"There are no more." Then the oil stopped flowing. She came and told
the man of God, and he said, "Go sell the oil and pay your debts, and
you and your children can live on the rest."
Devotional
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Miracles were often associated with the great prophets. Elisha
exhibited these powers. In Jewish laws, children could be taken by
creditors and made slaves in order to pay a debt. Elisha provides a
way for his dead colleague's widow to save her children. As Jesus fed
the five thousand, so God provided for this widow and her children
through Elisha. It was another sign of God's care for his people.
Prayer
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Give me courage to trust in your desire to keep me safe, gracious
God. Amen
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Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha,
"Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant
feared the LORD, but a creditor has come to take my two children as
slaves." Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what
do you have in the house?" She answered, "Your servant has nothing in
the house, except a jar of oil." He said, "Go outside, borrow vessels
from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not just a few. Then go
in, and shut the door behind you and your children, and start pouring
into all these vessels; when each is full, set it aside." So she left
him and shut the door behind her and her children; they kept bringing
vessels to her, and she kept pouring. When the vessels were full, she
said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." But he said to her,
"There are no more." Then the oil stopped flowing. She came and told
the man of God, and he said, "Go sell the oil and pay your debts, and
you and your children can live on the rest."
Devotional
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Miracles were often associated with the great prophets. Elisha
exhibited these powers. In Jewish laws, children could be taken by
creditors and made slaves in order to pay a debt. Elisha provides a
way for his dead colleague's widow to save her children. As Jesus fed
the five thousand, so God provided for this widow and her children
through Elisha. It was another sign of God's care for his people.
Prayer
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Give me courage to trust in your desire to keep me safe, gracious
God. Amen