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We can all do more. We can be a better spouse, a better parent, and a better child of God. We can rely on God
to take care of us and quit trying to do it all on our own. We can go to God first in everything instead of just
when we can’t do it on our own. We can work together to support and help each other. We need to serve one

another. To do this, we need to be obedient and available.

This weekend, my pastor preached a sermon on 2 Kings 4:1-7. It says, “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.”

This lesson reminded me of a couple of lessons that I have learned but needed to be reminded. The first lesson
is that God has provided me with everything that I need to either do a task or at least start a task. The woman
did not feel like she had what she needed to keep her sons out of slavery, but Elisha showed her that what she
had with God was more than enough. She had enough to pay off the debt and also live comfortably afterward. We need to be willing to start to pour out what we have. When we do, God will increase our efforts to

overflowing if we are doing it for and through Him.

Another lesson I was reminded of was that I need to be available if I am going to be filled. The widow was only
able to fill the jars that were available to fill. Once there were no more jars, the flow of the oil stopped. If my
schedule does not allow me to be used or filled, the flow of the Holy Spirit can be slowed down or completely
stopped. That is not a comfortable place to be. I would like to think that all of us want to be used by the Holy
Spirit to help others and be a blessing to others. We need to have time for daily reading of God’s Word and
prayer. We need to have some margin in our schedules to be still and hear from God. We need to have time in

our schedules to be obedient to His promptings.

One of the core values at Faith Christian School is service. At school, we need to have margin, so our students
can get into the community to see some of the needs of others and meet some of those needs. We hope that
this serving at school will spark the desire to serve their community on their own or with their families. We want
this to become a way of life for each of us. We can only do this if we are available and are willing to pour out into

the lives of others.

Look at your schedule. Look at your resources. How can you use these things to serve others and serve God?

In Christ,
David