Shut the Door

Wednesday, January 4

Shut the Door

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

The widow in 2 King 4 was desperate because the creditor was coming to take her boys as slaves to pay the debt. In response to this news she went to the Man of God – Elisha and asked him to help her. Elisha asked what she had, and she said a little oil. So, he told her to collect a lot of empty jars. Then Elisha told her to go inside and shut the door behind her and her sons, to pour out the oil into all the jars and, as each was filled, to put it to one side.

The widow did as she was asked – she obeyed Elisha.

While behind closed doors, away from the world, God worked His miracle, filling up all the jars of oil from the little she had, therefore providing for her needs.

This is a good reminder for us all. This year will you seek God in your times of need before trying or seeking anyone else?

Perhaps on the treadmill of life, even though we were doing God’s work, we have not spent enough time to be with Him personally. This is a perfect opportunity to get alone and be with Him, to be refilled and equipped for what He is calling us to next.

Somewhere I read the following words of encouragement.

God sometimes shuts the door and shuts us in,

That He may speak, perhaps through grief or pain,

And softly, heart to heart, above the din,

May tell some precious thought to us again.