THE CERTAIN WOMAN

II Kings 4: 5,6

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. 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 stopped flowing.

 

DON'T LIMIT GOD  

 

There is a great lesson in this story, one which we have to learn in our life; DON'T LIMIT GOD.

The sons of this certain woman, a woman certain that GOD would act to meet her need, instructed her sons to go to the neighbors and collect empty vessels, as the man of GOD had instructed her to do. She obeyed GOD and His instructions through Elisha, but her sons were only following her instructions, so they found a few vessels from the neighbors. The belief of the woman was total, she acted on what was told her, without needing to know what GOD was doing. She trusted in GOD, who is limitless. Her sons trusted her and knew her limits, so they brought few vessels.

Jesus said to His Disciples,"With men it is impossible, but not with GOD; for with GOD all things are possible." (Mark 10: 27). Paul said, in his letter to the Ephesians,"Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." (Ephesians 3:20). We limit GOD by our unbelief that He can do the impossible. There is a book called, "GOD loves the word Impossible" by Ann Kimmel, she stresses the fact that GOD will provide for His children, even in what seems to be the most impossible situations, just do what He says.

Notice in the story of the Certain Woman, that she went into her house and shut the door then started pouring the oil. She blocked out all the outside distractions and unbelief of others, so that she could focus on what GOD was doing. Ranchers put blinders on horses to keep them looking straight ahead; she shut the door to her house, so she and her sons could fix their eyes on GOD.

When there were no more vessels, the oil stopped. GOD will fill us with His provision to the limit of the empty vessel that we give Him. "We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of GOD, and not of us." (2 Corinthians 4:7).  The more empty our human vessel is, the more oil of the Holy Spirit and His provision, GOD can put into us. There is an old Hymn which says, "nothing in my hands I bring, simply to Thy cross I cling." It is in this degree of emptiness, that GOD will fill us to overflowing with the oil of the power of the Holy Spirit.

DON'T LIMIT GOD IN ANYTHING