NO SKIPPING DETAILS – Monday September 25th 2017
Memorise:
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,
line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Isaiah 28:10
4:1 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.
4:2 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.
4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:4 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.
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.
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.
4:7 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.
MESSAGE:
To
avoid financial storms, you need to carefully note all the elements of a
divine instruction. God is a God of details. When He gives you a recipe
top solve a particular problem, He expects you to leave no details out.
In today’s Bible reading, so solve the serious debt problem of the
widow of a late prophet, Elisha asked her to borrow vessels from all her
neighbours, shut the door behind her and pour out her remaining pot of
oil into all available vessels. If she had altered any element of this
instruction, it would definitely have affected the result she got. Some
people receive certain divine instructions and thereafter determine
which to obey and which to discard. No! All the details must be
observed! Do you know that if the widow had borrowed the vessels but
refused to shut her door, the oil would not have flowed?
Beloved, always pay close attention to whatever instructions you receive from God. When it comes to sowing for instance, 2nd Corinthians 9:6-7 says,
“But
this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he
which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man
according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly,
or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
Action Point
Ask God to lead out youths aright in the choice of life partners.
Open
Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye,
the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of
Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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