2 Kings 4:1-26
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.”
Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. 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.”
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.”
“What can be done for her?” Elisha asked. Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.” Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. “About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.”
But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Elisha's miracles, like those of Jesus, show God's care for ordinary people and their needs. The first two resemble those of Elijah, perhaps to underline God's choice of Elisha as the true successor of the great prophet. The account is not necessarily in time order.
The widow whose children were to become slaves to discharge her debts; the childless woman of Shunem who gave Elisha generous hospitality and the feeding of the hungry.
Why?
What Elisha did miracles like Jesus did, let the dead child get a life, let the empty jars filled with olive oil to solve the problem of his servant family. Give birth to a woman who serves Elijah. Give bread to one hundred people, and release the death in the pot.
The woman of Sunammites said As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you. She knows only this prophet can save her son. So Elisha went with her to save her son.
Treat the servant of the Lord, it is possible to treat the angel of the Lord, like Elisha.
The Lord takes care of all of his servants, so don't worry about our life and what we eat, wear, and live. God will prepare it for us.
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呈現兩個不同社會階層的婦女的信心，足為後世的榜樣！
借空罐及挖溝有異曲同工之妙！不合理，就是憑信心去做！你相信神有多少，神的能力就有多大，經歷多大恩典！借空瓶的時候也會面臨他人的質疑！
神使被擄的得釋放，欺壓的得自由！神所提供的不但足夠而且有餘！賣油不僅可以還債，還可以供生活！
書念的婦人樂意接待以利沙，並且無所求！即使有無子的最大遺憾！這是真奉獻！如同奉獻給耶穌的打破香膏的婦人。婦人的孩子死了心情卻很鎮定說平安，不讓她丈夫知道，不讓基哈希知道，她只求神，不求人！只有神才是唯一的幫助。
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How?
Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left. The gives us not only may let us pay our debt, but also could living! The grace of the Lord is more than we can imagine.
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