A widow whose husband was a prophet had her two sons taken by a creditor to be slaves. She came to Elisha asking for help, though she had nothing except a small jar of olive oil. Elisha told her to borrow empty jars from neighbors and pour the oil from her small jar into them. Miraculously, the oil kept pouring and filling all the jars until they were sold to pay off her debts, providing for her and her sons' needs. The story illustrates that when one offers what little they have to God in faith, He can provide abundantly beyond what is needed.

2. ELISHA
—3
RIDICULOUS
PROVISION

3. Ridiculous = (absurd)
katawa -tawa (outrageous)
(unbelievable) (laughable)

4. Look at the life of this
widow

5. 2 Kings 4:1-2
The wife of a man from the
company of the prophets
cried out to Elisha, “Your
servant my husband is dead,
and you know that he
revered the Lord. But now his
creditor is coming to take my
two boys as his slaves.”

6. 2 Kings 4:1-2
2 Elisha replied to her, “How
can I help you? Tell me,
what do you have in your
house?” “Your servant has
nothing there at all,” she
said, “except a small jar of
olive oil.”

7. WHEN YOU DON’T
HAVE WHAT YOU
REALLY WANT, GOD IS
WHAT YOU
REALLY NEED.

8. 2 Kings 4:2
Elisha replied to her,
“How can I help you? Tell
me, what do you have in
your house?” “Your
servant has nothing there
at all…”

9. WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOU DON’T
HAVE MUCH?

10. • STOP WAITING FOR
WHAT YOU WANT AND
START WORKING WITH
WHAT YOU HAVE.

11. 2 Kings 4:2
“Your servant has nothing
there at all,” she said,
“except a small jar of
olive oil.”

12. WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOU DON’T
HAVE MUCH?

13. • OFFER GOD WHAT
YOU HAVE AND TRUST
HIM TO GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU NEED.

14. 2 Kings 4:3-7
Elisha said, “Go around and
ask all your neighbors
for empty jars. Don’t ask for
just a few. 4 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.”

15. 2 Kings 4:3-7
5 She left him and shut the
door behind her and her
sons. They brought the jars
to her and she kept
pouring.

16. 2 Kings 4:3-7
6 When all the jars were full,
she said to her son, “Bring
me another one.” But he
replied, “There is not a jar
left.” Then the oil stopped
flowing.

17. 2 Kings 4:3-7
7 She went and told the man
of God, and he said, “Go,
sell the oil and pay your
debts. You and your sons
can live on what is left.”

18. If you want a ridiculous
provision, you have to be
willing to look ridiculous.

19. The fight was on:
(Feeling Versus Faith)
(Reason Versus Faith)
(Logic Versus Faith)
(Past Experiences Versus Faith)
(Disappointment and failures
all testify to the woman
senses.)

20. You’re one word away
from your miracle!

21. 2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure
in jars of clay to show that
this all-surpassing power is
from God and not from us.