"Bible Mothers (3)"
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 4:1-7
2 Kings 4:1 The wife of one of the guild prophets complained to Elisha. “Your servant my husband died,” she said, “and you know that he feared Adonai. Now a creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves.” 2 Elisha asked her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a flask of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go, and borrow containers from all your neighbors, empty containers; and don’t borrow just a few! 4 Then go in; shut the door, with you and your sons inside; and pour oil into all those containers; and as they are filled, put them aside.” 5 So she left him and shut the door on herself and her sons. They brought her the containers while she poured. 6 When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container”; but he answered, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God; and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; then you and your sons can live on what’s left.”
Our Bible verses tell us about a woman whose husband had died. This woman came to God's prophet, Elisha. In verse 1b, she told Elisha that her husband "owed money to a man. And now that man is coming to take my two boys and make them his slaves!"
The woman told Elisha that the only thing she had in her house was a jar of olive oil. Elisha told her to borrow lots of bowls from her neighbors. "Then pour the oil into all those bowls. Fill them, and put them in a separate place" (verse 4b). The woman did what Elisha told her to do. She was able to fill all the bowls she had! Then Elisha said (verse 7b), "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt. You and your sons can live on the money that is left."
This mother did not want her sons to be sold as slaves. She was desperate to find a way to keep her sons. God helped her in an amazing way! Maybe you are facing difficult situations today. Don't give up. Pray to God and ask Him to help you find answers to your problems.[JK]
"Anyone who lives the way God wants can pray, and great things will happen."[James 5:16b]
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, thank You for helping me find answers to my problems. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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