“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let
the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; spare not; lengthen your
cords and strengthen your stakes…” Isa.
54:2 AMP
I must learn never to measure God’s resources by mine!
Someone has said, “Little is much when God is in it.” One of Elisha’s friends, a widow, had only
one jar of oil. (2 Kings 4:1-7) Instead of telling her to conserve it, he
ordered her to do exactly the opposite; pour it out. Instead of coming to an end of her supply,
she continued to pour out a multiplying stream of oil until at last she ran out
of containers. Then it stopped!
How God enabled that oil to multiply is beyond me, but so is
much that exists in the spiritual world.
This much is true: how long would the small jar have lasted if left to itself?
How long would the widow have lived, left to herself?
How long would any of us last spiritually, left to
ourselves? I think this is where I so
often fail. I see the massive needs all
around me and without the multiplying grace of God, I end up broken.
God begins with my small jar, but He does not stop
there. He adds His amazing multiplying
power to my words, thoughts, prayers and service until I can hardly recognize myself
in them.
As with the widow’s oil, Someone has taken over and the cup
has become a barrel.
Is this not the story of Scripture? Abraham’s “dead” body---and God; Moses’ shepherd rod----and God; David’s sling
shot---and God; the boy’s small lunch---and God; the twelve disciples---and
God! It is the “and God” that makes all
the difference!
If there is any failure, it is in this: I do not give God a
chance with what I have.
But if I do, God becomes my great enhancer and
multiplier. My anchor is God’s own
promise: “The smallest one will become a clan and the least one a mighty
nation. I the Lord, will hasten it in
its time.” (Isa. 60:22)
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