Speak to Your MountainSample

Speak to Your Provision

Her husband had died. There was no way to fulfill her debts. Her creditors decided to take her two sons as slaves for payment of the obligations that remained. She pleaded for assistance with the only man of God she knew.

“Is there anything in your house?” Elisha asked.

“Nothing at all,” she said, “except a little oil.”

Elisha then instructed her to go and collect all the empty jars that her neighbors might possess. “Ask for as many as you can,” he instructed.

When the jars were collected, he instructed her to pour what little oil she had into the jars. The oil was more than enough to fill the jars. In fact, there was more oil than jars to fill. God supernaturally filled every oil lamp. “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest. (2 Kings 4:7 NKJV).

God often mixes faith with the tangible. The widow believed she had no resources to meet her need. God said she had more than enough resources. She did not see the one jar of oil as a resource. It did not become a resource until it was mixed with faith. Her need was met when her faith was mixed with the practical step of going into the workplace to sell what she had in order to receive her needed income. In fact, there was so much income she was able to pay her debts and live on the money derived from the sale.

Quite often, we forget that God works through commerce to provide for our needs. But sometimes we must combine commerce with faith. It is wrong to place total trust in commerce without faith in God. God often requires simple obedience to an act that seems ridiculous to the logical mind. It is this faith mixed with the practical that God honors.

What do you have in your hand that God can multiply?

 

Decrees

I decree that:

1. I will have all I need each day because my God promises to provide for every need that I have through his riches in Christ Jesus.

2. I will use what I have in my hand to multiply my provision needed daily.

3. I will trust God to give me witty inventions.

4. I will refuse to lean on my own understanding but acknowledge God so he can direct me in all my ways.

5. I will abound in every good work God has entrusted to me.

6. God is Jehovah-Jireh, my provider, in all things.

7. No weapon formed against me shall prosper.

8. God shall make all grace abound toward me in all my endeavors.

9. I will always have all sufficiency in all things and may have abundance for every good work.

10. Wherever I go, I will have favor.

Decrees based on the following Scriptures: Philippians 4:19; 2 Kings 4; Exodus 16:21; Proverbs 3:5–6; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Isaiah 54:17; Psalms 5:12

Activation

Do you have a problem that is perplexing to you? Do you see no way of meeting your need? God may have already given you the skills and talents to meet your need. However, he may be waiting for you to mix them with faith. Ask God to show you the steps necessary to solve your problem. Be willing to take the next step.