Out of What Looks Like Nothing

 

And Elisha said to her,

"What shall I do for you?

Tell me, what have you

              in the house?"

And she said,

"Your servant has nothing

   in the house

except a jar of oil."

           2 Kings 4. 2

(We tend to play If only I had....

   when God has already provided.

We see our lack.

And what can God do with that?

When we offer what we do have

to the LORD

  --our talent, treasure, time

     and our hearts--

  God multiplies exponentially

  and redeems in ways

      far beyond our imagination.

We focus on what we do not have

          --the gaps--

but God enlarges, multiplies,

provides in unexpected ways,

takes what we do have

and even what we don't realize

              we have,

and creates something

more than enough

   out of what looks like nothing.

What is my little jar of oil?)

O LORD,

Please help us to see You

and others

and ourselves

and these circumstances

   with a refreshed heart.

Empower us to know

   what we do have.

And that is a relationship with You.

Please take this little jar of oil

    --whatever that may be today--

and bring Your glory to it.

Help us to follow You into it.

And to be faithful.

           No matter what.