God speaks today Wednesday | May 4, 2022
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
(2 Kings 4:3)For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
(Luke 22:37) God takes us seriously
God wants to work in partnership with us when performing miracles in our lives. In the story of the widow and Elisha, the widow only had a pot of oil, which may seem inadequate, but God can work through imperfect and inadequate resources. God wants us to make an effort and be diligent in finding solutions to our problems. In the story, the widow had to borrow many pots from her neighbors to receive the miracle of oil. This involved the community and had an evangelistic power to bless others. The miracle had a public and private part, and God was glorified through the community involvement.
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Cross Reference
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
(Isaiah 53:12)For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
(2 Corinthians 5:21)If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
(John 10:35)After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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