I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

2 Kings 4. “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.  Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, ‘Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest'” (Verses 5-7). The most common human struggle, debt. The widow was faced with losing her sons as payment for debt after her husband died. While the debt is real as is the fear the woman faced, that is not what I want to focus on, what I want to focus on is God meeting the need. His means was both miraculous and very normal. When we face a trial or a worry, we want God to give us a miracle, but many times He uses the normal in a miraculous way. The woman had a part to play a role to fill, God did not just drop it in her lap. He wanted her to be an active participant in His will. People like to say God helps those who help themselves. I disagree. No, God helps those who DO what He says.