What You Need, You Have in the House!
This morning, for Mother’s Day, I am giving the message, “Momma’s Oil”
The sermon comes from a famous story in history that you have probably already read. You can find it in Second Kings:
2 Kings 4:1-7 (KJV) 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. 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. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 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. 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. 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. 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.
This widow was in debt. She had a debt that she could not pay.
Her children were going to be taken to be bond servants because of her debt.
She had sold everything in her house of value but still didn’t have enough cash from all the sales to pay the debt off!
Does that remind you of anything else?
We all have a debt that we cannot pay, don’t we.
I mean we could sale every stick of furniture in our house. Sell our vehicles. Even sale the house itself, and NOT be able to pay off the debt we owe. Amen?
Elisha tells this widow to borrow empty vessels and fill them with what oil she has.
She has one small oil flask of anointing oil! Just one little flask!
But, her husband was a man of God and she was sensitive to the Spirit of God.
She didn’t ask any questions. She had her children gather as many empty vessels as they could and she followed Elisha’s instructions.
Not only did she end up with enough cash to pay her debt, but she retired on the rest of the money.
This all happened as a by-product of her blessing her community by pouring out her sacred anointing oil into their empty vessels!
Don’t miss this!
What you need, you have in the house!
It is not anything that you have bought but what was given to you from the Lord when you asked Jesus into your heart! That "pot of oil" (HOLY SPIRIT) is in "the house" (YOU)!
Pour out your sacred oil into those empty vessels around you TODAY!
Especially for the Mother’s today on Mother’s Day.
All over the world there will be children (empty vessels) calling, video chatting, and for the luckiest, showing up to visit in person.
POUR OUT YOUR OIL TODAY.
Be blessed.
Comments
This is such a powerful message.
Very short but God took over. Amen!