JUST A LITTLE GRACE

Just a little grace Is all it takes To turn a broken heart Into a smile Just a little grace Is all it takes To help a suffering soul Through a trial Just a little grace Is all it really takes To show a stubborn sinner God's love To point to Jesus And tell about His Cross A little sovereign grace Is just enough Jeffree!!! June2009 God's Provision During the ministry of Elisha, a widow came to him for financial help. Creditors had come and threatened to take her two boys as slaves in exchange for payment of debt. The woman re- ported that all she had left was a little oil, but Elisha told her how to miraculously multiply her oil and pay her bills. 2 Kings 4:3 "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." The woman gathered empty jars and began to fill them from her one small jar of oil. She continued to fill the jars until each one she collected was full; "Then the oil stopped flowing" (2 Kings 4:6). The woman was able to sell the oil and pay her debt. Notice that the oil stopped flowing as soon as the last jar was full. If the woman would have collected half as many jars, the oil would have stopped flowing when the collected jars were filled. And if she would have collected twice as many jars, the oil would have continued until every last one was full. God's provision was equal to the number of jars she collected - equal to the number of jars she believed God would fill. In our limited understanding of God we often place artificial restrictions on what we think He can accomplish, and our prayers become reduced to what we believe is actually possible. We may rejoice when our small prayers are answered, but our level of faith has limited what God provides. Peter never would have stepped out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus if confined to the realm of his own understanding. Please do not read this message as a formula for worldly prosperity! God's Word never teaches that we are all to be rich with material wealth (this is an ugly distortion of His truth). But God desires for each of us to trust Him beyond the bounds of our best analysis, and to draw closer than what we believe is ever possible. Peter didn't need to understand how the atomic struc- ture of water might be altered to provide stability, he simply needed to know with certainty that Jesus was calling; "Lord, if it's You, tell me to come to You on the water" (Matthew 14:28). We serve an Awesome God - more awe- some than we will ever comprehend; "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:9). We must never believe there's a problem too big for God to handle; "He is able to do immeasurably more..." (Ephesians 3:20). Let's pray with a faith that truly believes our Father is the Creator of the Universe, and let's refuse to place limits on God's provision. Have a Christ Centered Day! Steve Troxel God's Daily Word Ministries ***************************************************** Archived devotions : http://www. gdwm.org/archive08.htm Subscribe/Unsubscribe by email to closerwalk@gdwm.org Subscribe via web: http://www.gdwm.org/subscribe.htm Feedback and Prayer: http://gdwmboard.org/6/ubb.x Send Invitation: http://www.gdwm.org/invite.htm Verses and Psalms: http://www.gdwm.org/verses Spanish Devotions: http://www.gdwm.org/spanish Scripture references: The Holy Bible: N I V. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 I B S. God's Daily Word Ministries P.O. Box 190 Lorena, TX 76655