The 2 Kings passage I alluded to in the last post has really been sticking with me.

A little further down, you find the interaction between Elisha and a widow who is about to lose her sons to slavery because she can’t pay her bills. Elisha tells her:

“Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. 4 Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.” 2 Kings 4:3-4

This is what happened:

So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing. (verses 5-6)

A couple of things come to mind. Do you believe something like this when you are told to do it? How many jars do you actually round up? How upset are you when you realize you didn’t get more jars?

We are supposed to be bringing “jars” to Ubaúna. Do we expect God to fill them? Are we gathering enough jars? Will we be upset when God moves and we weren’t fully ready?