2 Kings 4:1-7, Prepare for the vessels of His blessings

2 Kings 4:1-7,  Prepare for the vessels of His blessings   

4:1-7,
1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves."
2 Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil."
3 Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few.
4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side."

5 She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left."

v. 1, This is a story that a woman struggled because of debt.
God wants us to live in abundance. Ps. 115:12-13, Dt. 28:12, 2 Cor. 9:8,
She experienced the blessings of miracle(7).
Will she become a blessed person?

1. Plant the seed of blessing(2-3)

  Elisha asked the disciple's wife. "What shall I do for you? What is in your house? " "Only a bowl of oil! God works through the last thing that remains of us.
  Gal 6:7, 'Whatever a man sows, he will reap.'
  2 Cor.9:6, 'Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.'
  She poured all the oil that she had. So the woman became the protagonist of blessing.

  Question :
  What will I plant? * Moses

2. Prepare many great faith vessels of blessing (3) 

 God wants you abundantly. So prepare many and big things.
 * Honey giving story at the soldier church.
 Ps. 81:10, 2 Thess. 1:3, 1 Tim. 4:7 

  Question :
  What am I preparing for the Lord's blessing? Prayer? volunteer? offering?  Evangelize? Word ministry?  2 Tim. 2:20,21 

3. Use the vessel of obedience(5,6)

  Miracles appear when obedient. "Close the door and pour in all the vessels."
 She obeyed to the prophet's words in difficult situations.

 Dt. 30:2-5, 1 Sam 15:22, Acts 5:29

 So she received God's blessing abundantly due to her obedience of God's word. (7).

 * The story of Rudy and Trinah, <Joy of Offering>, Andy Stanley's book.

 Questions

 1)  Do you plant the seed of blessing well? 

 2)  Do you prepare the great faith vessel for receiving God's blessings  well?

 3) Do you obey the Lord and His Words?