Create capacity for God
2 Kings 4:3-6 (NKJV)
Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few. And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones." So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another vessel." So the oil ceased.
Yet another classic account of God supernaturally supplying increase into the life of someone responding in to Him in faith. If you get a chance read this whole account there are some great lessons in it. In brief you see the prophet turn up in this widow's moment of great need, and he then instructs her to use the apparent little (jar of oil) in her life to cause the breakthrough she needed. He tells her to gather empty vessels. She did what he said and returned with as many as her reasoning would let her believe God would fill. She then began to tip the small jar of oil and each empty vessel was filled. She filled to the brim every empty vessel, then the moment came that the oil stopped.
If she knew before the miracle what she knew after the miracle she certainly would have got a lot more vessels than what she did. This account also shows us that the limitation was not an issue of what God was willing to give, but rather one of provided capacity – when the capacity was no more the pouring stopped. Let us be inspired by this to always make sure we are creating capacity for God to fill – in our lives, our situations, and indeed our churches. I don't want God to have to stop pouring out His good stuff, how about you? For this to happen we need to take responsibility to be ever creating capacity or more space for Him.
When we consider our lives there are two ways of making more space for God to keep on pouring:
Commit to being stretched – like the tent in Isaiah 54, allow God to keep stretching you because as He does He increases your capacity, making you able to contain more of what He has for you.
Commit to emptying some old stuff out – imagine a glass is full of water and rocks: when the glass is full to the brim with water you can quite righty say it is full; but if you take out some of the rocks you create new space and give the glass new capacity. As you walk with God you regulary become aware of things that do not need to be in your life anymore. Have the courage, Champion, to empty out some old clothes in the wardrobe of your life to make room for some new ones that God has for you. Create some space for God to fill.
How much spare room is there today in the vessel of your life? How can you go about creating more capacity? Know that whatever space you create, God is more than able to fill.
Bless you,
Andy
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