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 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 reported that all she had left was
a little oil, but Elisha told her how to miraculously mul-
tiply 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 andyour 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 arti-
ficial 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 structure 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 awesome 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
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