I was in a prayer meeting earlier this week when I received this message. You may have been crying out to God on a certain matter for a long time. It seemed hopeless, but something inside has kept you in supplication all this time. That “something” is the power of God which enables you to pray without ceasing.1 The Lord heard you and He is about to move on your behalf. But you must get ready for this divine resolution of your case. You need to be in the secret place and in correct alignment with Christ. You must have sufficient capacity to receive the oil that is about to flow!
The Widow’s Miracle
While I was in that meeting, the Spirit of the Lord led me to pray in accordance with 2 Kings 4:1-7. In this scripture, a widow ran to the Prophet Elisha and cried about her dead husband’s creditor wanting to take her two sons to be slaves as repayment. Elisha counseled this woman and gave her specific instructions to get out of her problem. She was obedient, and she received her miracle: the supernatural multiplication of her pot of oil. The widow was able to pay off this creditor and live with her children on the rest of the proceeds.
There are some valuable lessons within this story. We need to follow these instructions to get ready for the flow of the oil of God’s favour, provision, protection and preservation.
Lesson 1: Don’t Disregard What is in Your House
When Elisha asked the widow what she had in her house, she replied that she had nothing but a pot of oil. In her eyes, the pot of oil was insufficient. As far as she knew, she was destitute. But that same pot of oil was the seed of her great deliverance. She just had to have a change in perspective and apply God’s instructions to see the supernatural multiplication.
What’s in your house? What is the gift that you possess that you are belittling? What is that persistent idea that you keep ignoring? What’s your passion that you have overlooked in the pursuit of what society says is better? Each of us is a reservoir of God-given creative energy. The Lord sent us to this earth with a wealth of resources within us to accomplish great purpose. No one is without a gift or a talent. None of us lacks passion and world-changing ideas. You just need to have a change in perspective. You need to begin to see your own pot of oil for what it truly is: the seed of your deliverance.
Lesson 2: Build Your Capacity!
In some developing countries, people still walk to collect water for their daily needs. However, you will never see someone going to the water source with a basket! It’s clear that they wouldn’t be able to take any of it home. Instead, we see a variety of containers (or vessels) to collect the water. These persons have adequately prepared themselves to collect what they need.
In this season, it’s the size of our respective capacities that will determine how much we collect. While I was praying in that session, I saw a set of containers of varying sizes. The Holy Spirit instructed me that it was my decision to select the size and number of containers that I laid out in this season. If you put out a small vessel, you will collect to that vessel’s capacity. If you put out a large vessel, you will collect to that vessel’s capacity as well. Similarly, if you put out many, or a few vessels, you will collect to the sum total of their capacities. Our capacity to receive the blessings of God is determined by our own actions.
Leverage the Capacities of Others
Now consider again the story of this indebted widow. Elisha didn’t tell this woman to get out all of her vessels. Didn’t she have vessels in her house? I’m sure she did! Her in-house capacity was a given, a fact. Therefore Elisha tells her to go and borrow vessels from her neighbors, empty vessels, and lots of them! Her personal store of vessels, her current capacity was not enough for what God was sending. She had to enlarge her capacity. To do this, she needed to borrow vessels from her neighbors.
We can limit the move of God when we refuse to expand our capacity to receive our full measure from Him. We often pray in our limited understanding of what we think God can do for us. But I encourage us to walk by faith and not by sight.2 Do not fear!3 Reject every excuse that bombards your mind about why this expansion is risky. Get comfortable with the idea that you will need to leverage the capacities of your neighbors, or persons in close proximity to you. You don’t have to tell these neighbors the intimate details of your dreams. However, you will need to utilize their skill sets and resources in your personal expansion process.
Get ready; get your vessels in place. Expand your capacity!
Lesson 3: You Must be in the Secret Place for the Oil to Flow
The Prophet Elisha told the widow that she should lock the door upon herself and her sons and pour out the oil into the empty vessels and store the full ones aside. In order for you to see this supernatural flow of oil into your prepared capacity, you must remain or reside in the secret place of the Most High God:
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.””
Psalm 91:1-2, NKJV.
You must be prepared to spend time in Jesus’ presence. Ask Him to increase in you the desire for His Word, prayers or talks with Him, and fasting to center your entire being on Him. You must also worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. As you are in the secret place with Jesus Christ, your character, your mindset, your perspective will change to match His. You will begin to see yourself and your situation through His eyes. You must resolve to sit at Jesus’ feet to receive all that He has for you.
Supernatural Miracles Require Extreme Faith Steps
In order to experience the supernatural move of God, you will need to walk in extreme faith. You will need to make some extreme faith moves. You cannot afford any distractions when the oil of God is about to flow. Can you imagine if the widow was pouring this one pot of oil in public? People would tell her that she’s insane and discourage her from following God’s instructions! So, she had to be in the secret place, and locked in with her sons and her vessels for the oil of God to flow.
Where are you? Are you in the secret place with Jesus? Whose instructions are you following? You will not experience the supernatural multiplication of oil until you are in the right place and in alignment with Christ Jesus. Listen and follow only His instructions. The opinions and advice of others are not important. Get ready; get in the secret place for the oil of God to flow!
Lesson 4: This Divine Oil Flow is Only Limited by Your Capacity
The widow kept pouring her one pot of oil into her many vessels. As long as she had empty vessels, the oil kept flowing. It was only when the widow ran out of empty vessels that this miraculous flow of oil stopped. Why didn’t it keep flowing? God saw that her capacity was maxed out and so He stopped the flow. He will not waste His blessings. God will fill all empty vessels once they are in the right place and in correct alignment with Him.
Are you ready to receive this supernatural oil flow? Are you at maximum capacity, empty and ready to be filled? Remember, the blessings of God are unlimited. The only constraint is the size of the capacity that you have prepared. If you want the full measure of what Jesus has for you, then you must get ready for it!
Lesson 5: This Oil Flow has Generational Implications
With this miraculous oil flow, the widow was able to pay off the creditor and live on the rest of the proceeds. But did she live alone? No, she and her two sons lived on this surplus of blessings. This supernatural flow of oil will not only bless you and your current situation. It will flow and yield blessings throughout your generational lineage. Your family tree is about to change beyond your natural comprehension. The sheer size of what Jesus is about to do in you, for you and around you, will leave you speechless!
Get Ready for the Oil to Flow!
I pray that this message has blessed and empowered you as it did for me. The Lord has heard your supplications over the years and He is about to let His oil flow. It is up to each of us to get ready for this supernatural move of God. Don’t miss it! You must be in the right place – His secret place! You need to be at maximum, empty capacity! Get ready! Be ready!
May Jesus’ blessings, peace and wisdom be upon us all,
Sophia.
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