BRING YOUR VESSELS NOT A FEW

BRING YOUR VESSELS NOT A FEW

                                             2 Kings 4. 1-7

As the year begins to tick away day after day, believer’s expectations are to be brought to the Lord for fulfillment. Great plans and proposals can only be accomplished if the Lord approves it. And the Lord has assured us of His willingness to bless us and His ability to transform our fears into great testimony. Your vessels in this concept are your needs and desires as many as they could be whether they are spiritual, financial, physical or in the family. You can only receive to the level of passion and expectations you have in God. This was the story of the widow in our text today. She was confronted with four tragedies in rapid succession, and all within a short time. Yet she needs a solution to every one of them. Her decision to come to Elisha, the man of God brought the exactly needed solution to all her life problems. Her poverty was turned to prosperity, her hopelessness was turned to hopefulness, and her family life changed from penury and mourning to flourishing bountifulness. There is always an appropriate solution with the Lord our God. He is “the very present Help in trouble”(Ps.46.1) and He is able to do all things. Tonight He calls everyone to bring their vessels of heart desires and needs to Him, and he will answer us and bring a timely solution to all your problems in Jesus Name.

Consecrating our lives to Christ throughout the year. 2 Kings 4.1a, Proverbs 23.26, Romans 12.1-2, Acts 6.4,

God cares for His own particularly those that fully consecrate their lives to Him. He is, therefore, calling all men today to surrender their lives and families to Him. The family of this widow was a God-fearing one. The Husband, being one of the sons of the prophet had consecrated his life and family to God in his lifetime.  He indeed served the Lord to the end. In the same way, the Lord calls every one of us to fully consecrate ourselves to Him, and render acceptable service to Him this year. This is the only guarantee for our security in the days of trouble and adversities. Our consecration must begin from or personal life. Every Christian is called to total submissions like this woman’s husband, and her family. Believers are also called to consecrate their time for the service of God. In evangelism, in sharing and giving, in following up and visitation of new converts and old members of the church. We are called to a lifestyle of complete obedience to God and devotion to His words. The holiness of life and character must be our watchword this year so that when the days of adversity comes like it came to this family, we also could be able to have a refuge in the Almighty God.

Challenges in life in spite of Christ-likeness. 2 Kings 4.1, 2 Kings 6. 25-30, Gen. 30.1, 2 Kings 5.1, John 16.33,

The Lord had not promised us a trouble-free journey.  But He has assured us of victory in all the battles of life. Tragedy struck in the family of this woman of God. Firstly the family had been living in debt and penury while the breadwinner was alive. Secondly husband died and her source of livelihood ended. Thirdly, the creditor came to take her two sons as bondmen into slavery and servitude. All these made her hopeless, helpless and grossly sorrowful.  Do you know that many people are living with this family today? Many are living from hand to mouth; many are even in abject poverty while so many others are in debt and spiritual servitude. The devil had tied many people down into slavery and perennial sicknesses like Naaman the leper, and they are helpless and hopeless. To some others, their predicament is the absence of children in the home, while others are looking for the right partner in marriage. Truly, there are many challenges and trauma in the world but our Lord who has the solution to every problem had assured us of victory. And from this day, an end shall come to all the problems in Jesus name.

Calling Upon the Lord for Complete Solution.  Isa. 40.28-31, 2 Kings 4. 2-7. Matt. 14.17-21, 2 Kings 7.1,16, Ps. 50.15, Ps. 91.15,Jeremiah 29.11-12, Eph.3.20

God is awesome and unsearchable in His doings. He has all the power to wipe out every drop of tears in your eyes. He has a complete solution to every problem of man. The man of God, Elisha was used to turning the poverty of that family into a prosperous and flourishing one who can now boast of having leftovers (for further investments) after paying her debts. This same God is still the same today and He will meet every need here this day in Jesus name. Truly, the woman called upon the Lord (by coming to Elisha the man of God), and the Lord answered. But the miracle happened when the woman discovered what she had (a pot of oil). God specializes in using the negligible. He used five loaves and two fishes to feed five thousand people. What can God not do? He turned the affliction of Job and made him have sufficiency. He turned poverty to prosperity at the gate of Samaria miraculously using the neglected lepers. You also need to pray to discover your talent and that God should miraculously transform them to greatness. Bring your vessels not a few because they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.   Pray today and the Lord will surely answer your prayer. Commit the entire year (in every section of your life – personal, spiritual, financial, children, family, health etc.) before the Lord and He will carry you through successfully in Jesus name.