“Hear, my son, and receive my
sayings, and the years of your life will be many.” – Proverbs 4:10
The Bible tells
us of a woman in 2 Kings 4:1 – 7 who was in a crisis situation. She was a widow
who couldn’t pay her debts and her sons were about to be taken away. In the midst of her crisis, the prophetic word
came for her deliverance.
Elisha asked the
woman what was in her house that could be used as a seed for the answer to her
crisis. She replied that she had a jar
of oil. Elisha instructed the woman to
borrow as many vessels as she could from her neighbors, and to take her sons
into the house, shut the door and fill all of the jars. Her container of oil flowed to fill all the
jars, and ceased flowing when the last jar was filled. The abundance of oil that God supplied met
her need in the paying of her debts.
The prophetic
voice in her crisis situation told her to shut the door to her home. We can only speculate as to why the prophet
told her to shut the door. But, it is
possible that she was to shut the door to distractions and possible intrusions
that could have gotten her to abandon the instructions given by the
prophet. To hear the voice of God in a
crisis situation deliberately purpose in your heart to shut out the world’s
noise and confusion.
Prayer—Lord, I purpose in my heart to shut
out the outside influences in my life; so that, I can hear Your instructions
clearly and plainly, in Jesus Name.
Amen.
