HEAR THE PROPHETIC VOICE IN A CRISIS

“Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life will be many.”  – Proverbs 4:10

The Bible tells us of a woman in 2 Kings 4:1 – 7 who was in a crisis situation. She was a widow who couldn’t pay her debts and her sons were about to be taken away.  In the midst of her crisis, the prophetic word came for her deliverance. 

 

Elisha asked the woman what was in her house that could be used as a seed for the answer to her crisis.  She replied that she had a jar of oil.  Elisha instructed the woman to borrow as many vessels as she could from her neighbors, and to take her sons into the house, shut the door and fill all of the jars.  Her container of oil flowed to fill all the jars, and ceased flowing when the last jar was filled.  The abundance of oil that God supplied met her need in the paying of her debts.

 

The prophetic voice in her crisis situation told her to shut the door to her home.  We can only speculate as to why the prophet told her to shut the door.  But, it is possible that she was to shut the door to distractions and possible intrusions that could have gotten her to abandon the instructions given by the prophet.  To hear the voice of God in a crisis situation deliberately purpose in your heart to shut out the world’s noise and confusion.

 

Prayer—Lord, I purpose in my heart to shut out the outside influences in my life; so that, I can hear Your instructions clearly and plainly, in Jesus Name.  Amen.