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

(God sees our situation

                differently.

Just watch what

  God does with

         "nothing."

As Bible teacher

Nancy Guthrie says,

"God does His best work

         with empty."

What God has placed

before us is not

    empty and barren,

but what He is redeeming

        in the present tense.

Even in what

    I cannot yet see.

Am I being faithful

  with my jar of oil?)

O LORD,

Help us to be faithful

in what is before us.

No matter how small

it may appear to us,

You use our need

to draw us closer to You.

The situation might not

     be ripened yet,

and we ourselves may not

     be ready,

but we can be faithful

   in what we do have

and faithful to You.

You anoint our heads

             with oil.

Our cup overflows.

No matter what.