Faith Like the Widow

They say desperate times call for desperate measures, 4 men with leprosy, stationed outside of the city gates of Samaria, under siege by the Aramean army were desperate and had no place to go.  They decided to go to the Aramean side to surrender themselves in hopes of saving their own lives…little did they know…

Elisha’s servant was consumed by worry after seeing the enemy army encircling their town…but he couldn’t see EVERYTHING. He was worried by what he could see, but what he couldn’t see was that God was bigger, greater and stronger than anything he could see.  Elisha’s prayer for him, and our prayer for you, is that…

Just when all feels lost and there is nowhere to turn, that is the place and time that we see God come in and work. In today’s story of Elisha we see a worker doing his best, however, calamity strikes him and God, through Elisha, forgives the man’s debt and empowers him to be useful…

Sometimes God works through your enemy…sometimes God works through you when you are in a place you don’t want to be…sometimes God tells you to do the simplest thing to accomplish his will.

What’s your capacity to receive God’s blessing? The widow was only limited by her ability to receive from God but she gathered as much capacity as she possibly could. We are the ones who put the cap on our capacity, it’s time to lift it off and receive God’s overflowing love!

The Bible is full of fantastic stories and today’s story of Elisha is no exception! 2 Kings chapter 2 Elisha has crossed the Jordan River, and now in Jericho he discovers a town in desperate need for clean drinking water, whom he helps by putting salt in their spring.  After this Elisha goes on to…