This document summarizes key lessons from the biblical story of the widow with oil from 2 Kings 4:1-7. It discusses five lessons: 1) God can work with what little we have; 2) Little can become much when blessed by God; 3) Faith and works go hand in hand, as seen when the widow obeyed Elisha; 4) Pay debts and live within your means; 5) Share blessings to be a miracle for others, as the widow's oil multiplied. The overall message is that God can provide breakthrough when we are facing difficulties and dead ends, through increasing our faith and obedience.

2. “YOU CAN HARVEST IN TIMES OF
FAMINE” 2 KINGS 4:1-7
FIVE keys to have breakthrough in
every area of your life

3. 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.”
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.”
2 Kings 4:1-7

4. 3Elisha 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.” 5 She left him and
shut the door behind her and her sons.
They brought the jars to her and she kept
pouring. 6 When all the jars were full, she
said to her son, “Bring me another one.”

5. But he replied, “There is not a jar left.”
Then the oil stopped flowing.
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.”

6. Let’s look at the widow’s situation:
• Her husband, who was a man of God,
(prophet) had just died.
• Her husband left behind a huge debt.
• Her children are about to be taken as
slaves in order to settle the debt they
owed.
This widow is about to lose everything
she owns and loves.

7. This widow was at a DEAD END!

8. Runaway Truck
Ramp

10. Hebrews 12:26-27
26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai His
voice shook the earth, but now He makes
another promise:
Once again I will shake not only the earth
but the heavens also.” 27 This means that
all of creation will be shaken and removed,
so that only unshakable things will
remain.”
The Bible says we shall go through
times of shaking…

11. This widow was being shaken.
From the widow’s situation we learn:
* Even godly Christians are not excused
from problems, trials and challenges
of life.

12. “Great faith is the product of great
fights.
Great testimonies are the outcome
of great tests.
Great triumphs can only come out
of great trials.”
- Smith Wigglesworth

13. Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
“So faith comes from hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.”

14. Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
“And without faith it is impossible
to please God, because anyone
who comes to Him must believe
that He exists and that He rewards
those who earnestly seek Him.”

15. When you’re at a DEAD END, don’t
panic because GOD always has a plan!
GOD IS GOING TO SHAKE YOUR
SOURCE (whatever you’re
depending on or what ever it is
you’re trusting… that is shakable
TO A SOURCE THAT IS UNSHAKABLE
– “JESUS Himself.”

16. 1. Focus on WHAT YOU HAVE not on
WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE.

17. THE LITTLE YOU THINK YOU HAVE IS
PLENTY FOR THE LORD TO WORK WITH.
2. LITTLE becomes MUCH when it is
blessed by the LORD.
GOD CAN WORK WITH OUR
nothing AND TURN IT INTO
SOMETHING.

18. 3. FAITH and WORKS must go hand in hand.
The widow’s OBEDIENCE ushered in GOD’s
BLESSINGS.
3 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.”

19. Pastor Jun Cordova, of Bacolod City

20. her action to go out and collect jars,
(HER OBEDIENCE) ushered
God’s miracle working power and
multiplied the supply of oil inside her
Home.
James 2:17 (NLT)
“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is
not accompanied by action, is
dead.”

21. Fear is the opposite of FAITH
* Fear is allowing the problem to control
you, to dominate you and overpower you.
Faith sees the problem but is not be afraid,
because faith chooses to
believe that “our GOD is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask, think
or imagine, according to His power that
is at work within us.”

22. “I am not moved by what I see. I
am not moved by what I feel. I am
moved only by what I believe.”
- Smith Wigglesworth
Faith is not an option in the kingdom
of God, it is a requirement!

23. 4. PAY YOUR DEBTS and LIVE WITHIN
YOUR MEANS.
“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.”

24. Psalm 37:21
“The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;”

25. Only one kind of debt allowed to remain
outstanding in our lives, the debt to
love… because love fulfills the law.

26. Romans 13:8
“ 8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except
the continuing debt to love one another, for
whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

27. “. . . and she kept pouring. 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.”
2 Kings 4:5-6

28. More jars meant MORE OIL!
• The number of empty jars signifies
your willingness to cooperate with
GOD’s miraculous work.
• If she had more empty jars, then
MORE OIL could have flowed!
How far are you willing to go to
obey the LORD?

29. BUT THERE ARE TIMES IT IS OUR FAITH
THAT FAILS, NOT HIS PROMISE
because GOD GIVES MORE THAN
WE ASK
GOD BLESSES US NOT ONLY TO
ENJOY HIS BLESSINGS, BUT TO BE A
BLESSING TO OTHERS.

30. 5. GOD HAS BLESSED YOU, SO SHARE
AND BE SOMEONE ELSE’S MIRACLE.
2 Corinthians 9:12-15
“This service that you perform is not only
supplying the needs of the Lord’s people, but
is also overflowing in many expressions of
thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by
which you have proved yourselves…”

35. “Others will praise God for the obedience
that accompanies your confession of the
gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in
sharing with them and with everyone else. ”
2 Corinthians 9:13 NIV
When you’re a giving person…

36. GOD NOT ONLY PROVIDES A WAY
FOR YOU TODAY, BUT HE SECURES
YOUR WAY TOMORROW
HE IS THE GOD OF MORE THAN
ENOUGH

37. Whenever you find yourself in a DEAD END
remember…

38. 3. FAITH and WORKS must go hand in
hand.
4. PAY your DEBTS and live within your
means.
5. SHARE and be someone else’s
miracle.
2. LITTLE BECOMES MUCH when blessed
by GOD.
1. Focus on WHAT YOU HAVE, and not
what you don’t have.