WHAT’S IN YOUR HOUSE?

January 19, 2025 || 2 Kings 4:1-7 

1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” 2 Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.” 3 Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” 5 She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

2 Kings 4:1-7 [NIV]

1. Identify What You Have.

3 Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.”

2 Kings 4:3 [NIV] 

8 “What woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?”

Luke 15:8 [ESV]

10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.

Zechariah 4:10 [NLT]

2. Get With Your Family And Pour The Oil.

4 “Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” 

2 Kings 4:4 [NIV]

4 We will not keep these things secret from their children; rather, we will tell the coming generation all about the praise that is due to the [Lord]. We will tell them all about His strength, power, and wonders… 6 So that the coming generation would know them by heart, even the children who are not yet born, So that they might one day stand up and teach them to their children, 7 tell them to put their confidence and hope in God, And never forget the wondrous things He has done.

Psalm 78:4, 6-7 [VOICE]

3. Sell And Live On What’s Left.

7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

2 Kings 4:1-7 [NIV]

1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! 2  It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3  It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing — Life forevermore.

Psalm 133:1-3 [NKJV]