The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Kings 4:1-2, “Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets

cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your

servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to

be his slaves.’ 2 And Elisha said to her, ‘What shall I do for you? Tell me, what

do you have in the house?’ And she said, ‘Your maidservant has nothing in

the house except a jar of oil.’”

Three desperate situations came to my attention only late last night. One

concerns a pastor-friend, who is in serious condition in a Louisiana hospital.

The second is a young missionary girl in Bolivia, who has need for immediate

spinal surgery. The third is missionary family in Mongolia, who are struggling

with the language and the culture of the country where the LORD has led them

minister the Gospel. What am I to do?

Elisha faced just such a problem. The woman had lost her husband; she had

depleted all her fund and was in debt; and now her creditor was threatening

to make slaves of her sons! What was Elisha to do? Did she have anything of

value left in the house? Only a small jar of oil. But it was enough!! She

gathered everything she could that would hold oil and, at the command of

the prophet, poured the small amount of oil into the borrowed vessels. The

miracle was: the oil just kept coming and coming and coming –until she ran

out of empty vessels.

There is a lesson here for all of us: what God has in store is SO MUCH MORE

than we could ever imagine! We just have to be empty of ourselves to

receive His blessing! Obedience was key to this woman’s blessing. She believed

Elisha and obeyed his directives. Try it for yourself. Turn your mind and heart

away from everything ungodly, and trust the LORD to fill your mind with Himself.

You will be happier that this dear woman –and was she immeasurably thankful!

Trust and obey;

For there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus;

But to trust and obey.

Love and prayers for each of you today,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”