10/05/2026
“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.” 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.” Elisha said, “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 and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 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. 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.””
2 Kings 4:1-7 NIV
The oil didn't run out, the vessels to hold the oil did, the jars. The obedience and surrender in carrying all the emptiness to God for him to fill it up. He can't pour out, what we aren't willing to measure and he can't cover what we aren't willing to surrender.
Whatever emptiness you're carrying right now, whatever holes you have, bring it to him and measure it in a way that will pay all of your debts, the bitterness, the unforgiveness, the addictions, the pain, the suffering, the isolation, let him fill up those areas that will not only pay your debt, but also will pour into others. That's our riches, him, his presence, his promise, his purpose, his glory, his love, his grace, his mercy.
What you are carrying may not be for you to carry but for you to surrender.