There is so much in the first part of 2 Kings 4...I just want to read and reread it and pray that I can take a page so to speak out of both these women’s books.
Elisha and the Widow’s Oil...
Lord...I want to trust You when my faith is tested. I want to cry out as this woman did and bring my need to You knowing that You will regard my prayer. You heard the cry of this woman’s heart who was widowed, destitute and oppressed. Your power multiplied “little” into “much,” filling all the vessels she had gathered to meet her need.
Elisha and the Shunammite Woman...
I have written Shunammite woman before but I can’t help it...I have got to write again. Every time I read this section of 2 Kings my heart longs to be as this woman was...kind, others-centered and content. I love thinking at how her contented spirit flowed from her outward focus and kindness to others. Her mind was not on herself and what she didn’t have it was on others and what they needed.
Lord...I want to show concern and kindness to others like the Shunammite woman from 2 Kings 4. Oh to have spiritual eyes to see a need among Your people and pray for You to use me to fill it.
I love her answer to Elisha when he asked what he could do for her in return for her care and concern for him. “I dwell among my own people”, she replied. She WAS content! She wanted nothing! We read in verse 14 that her husband was old and that they were childless. She suffered the stigma of barrenness and her husband might die without an heir to carry on his name and yet she asked for nothing! Her God knew her need, though, and filled the longing in her heart and gave her what money could not purchase...a son.
Oh, Father, work in me a contented spirit that trusts in Your kindness and provision and that looks to bless others.
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