1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 2: I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: And I wanted to thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 2: in your life. 7 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Enjoy the message. 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: The Lord put it on my heart to share from 9 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: this passage and this thought with you. And I want 10 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 2: to speak to you today from tewod King's four one 11 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: through six, and really I want to speak to someone 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: who is in a deficit in an area. 13 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: Of your life. 14 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 2: The more I become exposed to I'm convinced there are 15 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: many different varieties of poverty. And so you can be 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: rich financially and broke emotionally. 17 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: You can be. 18 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: Rich financially and broke relationally. You can have a lot 19 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: of responsibility and not a lot of joy, or you 20 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: can have a lot of joy. 21 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: And not a lot of influence. 22 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: And so I learned that poverty, although we tend to 23 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: associate it with finances, can be a poverty of a 24 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 2: different kind. And that really helped me when I was 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: first starting preaching, I thought, and I was telling Mike 26 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: this this morning, right before I came out to preach. 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: How you know, some people come to church and take 28 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: the bus and some people come in a bentley in 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: the same church, and so you kind of feel on 30 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: the surface like, well, maybe you can't preach the same 31 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: message to the person who is in the top tax 32 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 2: bracket and maybe the person who hasn't had a job 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: for two and a half years. But you learn over time, 34 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 2: if you passor people and pay attention, that everybody has 35 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: an efficiency and. 36 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: That we're not all that different. The reason I like 37 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: this text from Second Kings. 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: Four is because it seems like a small, little practical, 39 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: i don't know, almost incidental miracle on the surface, but 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: understanding the surrounding context in the life of the prophet Elisha, 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 2: he just finished solving a problem for three Kings. 42 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: And right after this he. 43 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 2: Performs a great miracle for a very wealthy woman. And 44 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: sandwich between those two magnificent miracles on a grand scale, 45 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: where he's consulting political advisors like. 46 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: The real prophet would, and where. 47 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: He's hanging out with a top donor, there's something that 48 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:39,119 Speaker 2: happens that seems so small on the surface, and that's 49 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 2: where my assignment is today. In Second King's four one 50 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: through six, and I hope to be able to preach 51 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: it to you on a very personal level. So let's 52 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: read the text together and discuss it a bit. The 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: wife of a man from the company of the Prophets 54 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 2: cried out to Elisha, your servant, my husband is dead, 55 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: and you know that he revered the Lord. Sometimes we 56 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 2: find ourselves in situations that are not the result of 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 2: our disobedience. And have you noticed that life doesn't make 58 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: allowances for your crisis, That the universe doesn't send out 59 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 2: a memo when you're having a bad day, Hey, everybody 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 2: be nice to her today. 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: Her mom is sick. It would be nice if life's. 62 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 2: Demands would accommodate my crisis, but they don't. And so 63 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 2: the bills were still due, although the woman did not 64 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: have the means, And so this creates a sense of deficit, 65 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: the very desperate deficit in her life. As it turns out, 66 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: and this crisis is not a national crisis, it's a 67 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 2: personal crisis. But the Man of God takes time for 68 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: one woman, just like he took time for three kings. 69 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: I love that. 70 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: That just touches my heart so much, because he's not 71 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: just presiding over a royal wedding across the pond somewhere. 72 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: But he's right up in your life. 73 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 2: While you're crying at night, and while you're trying to 74 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 2: figure out how to build your own relationships. 75 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: God is to that touch. Somebody say, God is in 76 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: to you. So she comes with this need. 77 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: Probably seems small in the scope of a big, bad, 78 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 2: important prophet who's commanding kings, but she comes to him 79 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 2: boldly and says, your servant, my husband is dead, and 80 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: you know that he revered the Lord, but now his 81 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves. 82 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: Elisha replied to her, how can I help you? So 83 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 2: it sounds like he's about to get the checkbook out, 84 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: but then he makes this weird move where he answers 85 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: his question with the question, tell me what do you 86 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: have in your house? She said back, Your servant has 87 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: nothing there at all. That's why I'm coming to you. 88 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: If I had something to put on eBay, I would 89 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: have done it by now do I need to back 90 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: up and take it from the top. I've told you 91 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: nothing except a small jar of olive oil. And Elisha said, 92 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 2: go around and ask all your neighbors for the jars. 93 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 2: This dude can't hear. He's good at talking, but he 94 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,119 Speaker 2: can't hear. I don't need jars, I need oil. I'm broke. 95 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: I don't need something to put nothing in or do you. 96 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 2: See in the beginning, when God created the world, it 97 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 2: was without form and void, and the first thing that 98 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 2: God did was to form it before he filled it. 99 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep reading this Bible passage because we only 100 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: have so long. Go around and ask all your neighbors 101 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: for empty jars. 102 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 2: Don't ask for just a few. Then go inside and 103 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: shut the door behind you. And your sons pour oil 104 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 2: into all the jars, and as each us filled, put 105 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: it to one side. She lets him and shut the 106 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 2: door behind her and her sons they brought the jars 107 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: to her. 108 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: She kept pouring. 109 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: When all the jars were full, she said to her son, 110 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: bring me another one, but he replied, there's not a 111 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 2: jar left. 112 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: Then the oil stopped flowing. 113 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: And the gravitas of that last versus such we got 114 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 2: to read it in the King James King James Bible, 115 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: like the one your grandmother had, that big one. I'm 116 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 2: gonna put it on this big screen for you the 117 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: King James version of that verse, and I'm gonna take 118 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 2: my title from this one verse. It came to pass 119 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 2: when the vessels were full, that she said, unto her son, 120 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 2: bring me yet a vessel, and he said, unto her, 121 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: there is not a vessel more. And the oil state, 122 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 2: I want to speak today for a few moments about 123 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: frozen oil and chosen vessels. So if there are many 124 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: varieties of poverty, and if the abundance of our life 125 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 2: really consists in the flow, you know, like Jesus said 126 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: that from your belly will flow rivers of living water, 127 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 2: or like it says in Proverbs that from your heart 128 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 2: flows the issues of life. 129 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: So you got to guard it. 130 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 2: It is instructive that Elisha the prophet, in performing his 131 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 2: first miracle, cut off the flow of the Jordan River. 132 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: First thing he did when he became the prophet was 133 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 2: to grab the mantle that fell off of Elijah, who, 134 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: by the way, he was known for giving strange commands 135 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 2: as well, when he called the false prophets up to 136 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,679 Speaker 2: Mount Carmel. You can read about this in One Kings 137 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: eighteen nineteen. It's amazing because the people were in a drought, 138 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 2: and he said whichever God answers by fire is the 139 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: true God, because he was challenging their idolatry. And when 140 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: he got up there on the mountain before he called 141 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 2: down fire, he made them pour water on the wood, 142 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: because sometimes God will make a situation seem impossible to men, 143 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: so that when fire falls and the wood starts to burn, 144 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 2: you won't think it was because of the quality of 145 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: the firewood, but it is because of the power of God. Now, 146 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 2: if you got wet wood in your life today, start 147 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: rejoicing right now, because God is setting you up to 148 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: do something so special, and he wants all the credit. 149 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: He wants all the credit. He wants all the credits. 150 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: So he allows this woman to get down to seemingly nothing. 151 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 2: Do you notice that her first instinct when the prophet says, 152 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 2: what do you have in your house? 153 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: Is to say nothing. 154 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: Her first instinct is to minimize. 155 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: What little she has left. 156 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 2: Now, I can't prove this, it's not in the text, 157 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: but just imagine with me, and maybe I don't know, 158 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 2: you know, profits are weird. Maybe Elijah asked her that 159 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: question and when she started to answer, maybe he made 160 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 2: eye contact with her, you know, awkward eye contact. 161 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: You got anybody in. 162 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 2: Your life who has really low relational skills. People have 163 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 2: no concept of personal space. You got any close talkers 164 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: in your life? 165 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: Let me see if you got any close talkers in 166 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: your life. 167 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: You know, some people just look at you a little 168 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: too long and a little too hard, Like eye contact 169 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: is good, but it come to a point where it's 170 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: a little awkward. I can see you're a little sleepy 171 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: right now. Look at your neighbor. Look at them so 172 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: hard in their eyes that they feel what I'm talking about. 173 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 2: I want you to make eye contact. Come on, staring 174 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: contests all over the church. 175 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: You two Raleigh. 176 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: Awkward eye contact, So look at him while I talk. 177 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: She says nothing, and Elija just waits. Somebody say nothing. 178 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 2: Ask the person next to you, really nothing, because sometimes 179 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: we get so overwhelmed by our scarcity that we minimize 180 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 2: our supply. One of my friends was complaining so hard 181 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: the other day I thought he had me confused with 182 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: the professional counselor. And after a few minutes I was 183 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 2: tired of it, and I can listen for a minute, 184 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 2: but he would not shut up, And finally I said, bro, 185 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 2: do you have anything going good for you right now? 186 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: And he said no, nothing, I said, really nothing, not eyelids. 187 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 2: Let me see your hands. You walked in this room, 188 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: you woke up this morning. That's not nothing. Huh, that's 189 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 2: not nothing. So the first thing that I see in 190 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: the miracle is Elisha instructs this woman who is at 191 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: a deficit to check her oil. 192 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: And I want to preach to you today, check your oil. 193 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 2: It is possible that you are overlooking the very thing 194 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: that God wants to perform a miracle through. When you've 195 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 2: lived in a deficit long enough, it can be difficult 196 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: to appreciate the supply that you have, especially when you've 197 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: lost a lot. 198 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: She's lost a. 199 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 2: Husband, spent almost everything. She's got one little jar of 200 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: oil in her freezer. I know it's not a freezer, 201 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 2: but you know, go with it. It goes with my 202 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 2: title frozen oil. 203 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: And she's got a little bit of oil, just a 204 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: little bit of oil, and it's so little. 205 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: In fact, the oil is so small that she doesn't 206 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: even think it's worth mentioning. 207 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: Okay, I'll say it. 208 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: God is about to do a miracle through something that 209 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: you don't even think is worth mentioning, something so small 210 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 2: and insignificant in your sight that your first instinct is 211 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 2: to not even mention it. But the enemy wants you 212 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 2: to despise your oil because he can't steal your oil. 213 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: Oil in the Bible is symbolic of the Holy Spirit. 214 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: When they would anoint a king in the Bible, they 215 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,239 Speaker 2: would anoint the king with oil. It represented God's empowerment. 216 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: It represents joy and gladdening. It's symbolic of the Holy 217 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 2: Spirit that came on the day of Pentecost to live 218 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 2: inside of us. And so when I preach about oil, 219 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 2: I'm not talking about something that. 220 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 1: You keep in your pantry. 221 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 2: I'm talking about something that you have in your heart, 222 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 2: the gift God gave you, the people God put in 223 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 2: your life, the idea God gave you, the time He 224 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 2: gave you, the ceason you're in. If I were your 225 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 2: enemy and I knew I couldn't take your oil, what 226 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 2: I would do instead is to get you to think 227 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 2: that your oil was so little that it wasn't even 228 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 2: worth using. And that's why some people sit in church. 229 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: Week after week after week. 230 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 2: After month after month after month after year after year 231 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 2: and stay in their deficiency and never realize that what 232 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 2: you've got is something somebody's shout is not nothing. 233 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: It's not nothing. 234 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 2: Feeling in my spirit today, it's not nothing. Somebody shout, 235 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 2: My gift is something, my life is something, My praise 236 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: is something. Now high five, somebody say, I got something? 237 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: How about you? 238 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: For too long, I've been comparing. 239 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: My oil with yours. 240 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 2: My oil might not be as much as yours, but 241 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: God won't hold me accountable. 242 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: For your oil. He learned this from Elijah. 243 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 2: Go look and see if you see anything in the sky, 244 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 2: and the servant came back, nothing. Go look again, nothing, 245 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 2: Go look again, nothing, Go look again, nothing, Go look again, nothing, 246 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 2: Go look again nothing. This is getting really old, Steve. 247 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 2: Can you just get to the point how old would 248 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 2: it get if you were the one running to the 249 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: top of the hill to look at nothing, and then finally, 250 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 2: by the time you do see something is so small 251 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 2: you minimize it. There's a cloud, somebody shall there's a 252 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: cloud the size of a man's hand. See, it's not 253 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: the size of the cloud that determines the size of 254 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 2: the blessing. It's not the amount of the oil. It's 255 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 2: not how smart I am, how well educated I am. 256 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 2: It's not even my estimation of myself. If God calls 257 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 2: me and chooses me, Nothing on earth. 258 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: Shall be able to stop me. Shall If you believe 259 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: that in the back of the. 260 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 3: Room and check your oil. It might not be much, 261 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 3: but it's not nothing. It's not nothing. And I think 262 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 3: it's harder than ever to. 263 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 2: Feel okay about our oil because we got we got 264 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 2: too many ways to check other people's oil, whether it's 265 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: their vacation, because that's about to start, you know where 266 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: everybody's posting the happiest moments of their vacation this summer. 267 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: And it's gonna make you feel like a crappy parrot, 268 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 2: and it's gonna make you question your oil because they're 269 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 2: gonna all be smiling in the picture. Now, let me 270 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 2: tell you something that happened right before the picture. It 271 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 2: was almost a divorce. Those kids almost went out for adoption. 272 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 2: But they can't put that on the ground. Do somebody say, 273 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 2: enjoy your oil? So I'll tell exactly what the devil's doing. 274 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: He can't take your gift, he can't take your calling, 275 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 2: the gifts and calling of God or without repentance. 276 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: God doesn't change his mind about what he gave you. 277 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 2: If he can get you to think it so little 278 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 2: that you don't use it. He can starve you. I 279 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 2: realized that God gave me a ministry. The devil can't 280 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 2: take the ministry that God gave me. But if I 281 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 2: give up my joy, then I will forfeit my ministry. 282 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: If I give up my joy, I will forfeit my marriage. 283 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: The devil can't take my marriage. 284 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: But if he can get me to despise my oil, 285 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 2: like to make me think I'm not a very good husband, 286 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 2: or I don't have what it takes to be a dad, 287 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 2: then I'll say it's nothing when it's really something. Noticed 288 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 2: by the end of this passage, this woman has a 289 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 2: house full of oil. 290 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: It was not. 291 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: Until she poured the oil that it became more. And 292 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 2: when you feel poor, you don't poor. 293 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: Because you hold on to what you have. 294 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: So when you feel like a poor parent, it keeps 295 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 2: you from one to try talk to me. And I 296 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 2: can go from here to hear real quick as a parent, 297 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 2: real really quick as a parent. 298 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: You look so perfected right now. 299 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 2: I can't figure out where one real person in this 300 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: whole church is that will say that even if you 301 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 2: figure out how to change diapers, they stop wearing them. 302 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 2: Doesn't work anymore. So like there are things about me 303 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 2: and things about you that make us feel insecure and 304 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 2: make us say, you know, it's nothing when it's really something, 305 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 2: but it seems small. It seems small, and it's overshadowed 306 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 2: by something that seems when the need seems so big 307 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 2: compared to the supply, you call it nothing and you 308 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 2: don't use it, and so it doesn't multiply. You send 309 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: the crowds away so they can get something to eat, 310 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 2: and you give away the opportunities go gave you kus. 311 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: It's nothing. What you have is nothing. The need the 312 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: need is great. 313 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 2: And my marriage just hit a sixteen year milestone. 314 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: We celebrated sixteen years of marriage. I love when I do. 315 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 2: That because there's always people that have been forty years 316 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 2: and they look at me like what I think it's significant. 317 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 2: I took Holly to Oak Steakhouse. We dined together. Let 318 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 2: me tell you how good the date was. The date 319 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 2: was so good. When we got home, the babysitter was 320 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: texting us that the fire alarm was going off in 321 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 2: the house. 322 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: It was a. 323 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 2: Storm in Charlotte that night and something tripped the smoke alarm. 324 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 2: Abby's freaking out on the porch, and I had other 325 00:18:50,920 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 2: plans for post date. So I'm driving fast down the driveway, right, 326 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 2: Can I talk to y'all? 327 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: But the kids are on the porch and the. 328 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 2: Fire alarms going off in the house and it's not 329 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: a fire, and it's the alarm system is bugging. 330 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: Out, and she already tried to take the battery out. 331 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 2: So Abby is freaking out, and I'm holding her because 332 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 2: she's seven. 333 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: And when I grabbed her, she stopped crying. And I 334 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: felt like the dad of the. 335 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 2: Decade because I knew what to do. I knew if 336 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 2: I started singing Hamilton from the Hamilton soundtrack that Abby 337 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 2: would stop crying. And it worked and she stopped crying, 338 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 2: and I felt like the man for about five minutes 339 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 2: until we had to call the fire department, not to 340 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: put out a fire, but to turn off the alarm. 341 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 2: What made it worse was when they got there, when 342 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 2: only the Braves showed up at my house. 343 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: They're walking down the. 344 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 2: Driveway the nicest firefighters you would ever want to see. 345 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: Let's hear it for the firefighters. 346 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 2: These men come walking down the driveway and my wife 347 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 2: is the one in the house trying to fix the 348 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 2: detectors because I don't know what to do. And I'm 349 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 2: holding Abby and five minutes ago I was the man, 350 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 2: and here come the firefighters and they're looking at me like, really, dude, 351 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: And I can tell that the one that's coming in 352 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 2: first goes to the church. He didn't say it, but 353 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 2: he had that look in his eyes, like you're my pastor, 354 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 2: and I'm ashamed of you. You're much bigger on the screen. 355 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 2: What kind of man are you? So I didn't make 356 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 2: eye contact. I just thanked them for their service, and 357 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 2: they got it off and there was no carbon monoxide 358 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 2: and we're alive to tell about it. 359 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: Isn't it funny how I was the man one minute? 360 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: But then now you got to understand it's little stuff. 361 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 2: It's not always some big shame that the enemy brings 362 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 2: to make you feel. 363 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 1: This is where I always got it wrong. 364 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 2: I thought that you had to go through something sexual 365 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 2: that caused you this great traumatic shame to keep you 366 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 2: from really trusting God. 367 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: Or now. 368 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 2: I thought maybe you had to go through a season 369 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 2: of your life, you know, eight years in prison or 370 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: something like that, and then you would live with regrets. 371 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: But I found out. 372 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 2: It is the seemingly insignificant insecurities that make you feel 373 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 2: like I'm not a real man. 374 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: I'm not a real mom. 375 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 2: Now I'm yelling at my daughter just like my mom 376 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 2: yelled at me, And I'm just repeating the cycle. And 377 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: it causes you to despise your oil. And that's exactly 378 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 2: what the enemy wants, is to use a small little 379 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 2: thing to get you to miss your miracle, because your 380 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 2: miracle is hidden in what you've been overlooking. And the 381 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 2: reason you've been overlooking at is because it seems so 382 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 2: small to you. And the reason it seems small to 383 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 2: you is because you are insecure about what you're not. 384 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 2: So he'll he'll work on you until you call it nothing. 385 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 2: What do you have to be grateful for? 386 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: Nothing? Really? Nothing? What are you good at? Nothing? 387 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 2: We went around the table the other day and I 388 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 2: asked a group of people, what are you really great at? 389 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: And it took us all a long time to answer. 390 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: I wonder why. 391 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 2: That is because we're so humble, or because the enemy 392 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 2: has messed with us so much now, because we're all 393 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 2: on the verge of forty and we've gotten so familiar 394 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 2: with our deficiency. When you've lived in a deficit for 395 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 2: a long time, it overshadows the oil that you do have. 396 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 2: He wants you to despise your oil, wants you to 397 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 2: despise the season of life that you're in. 398 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: He wants you to be thinking about. 399 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 2: How much time you used to have back before, or 400 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 2: how much time you're gonna have when Meanwhile, the question 401 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 2: of the prophet is not what do you wish you 402 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 2: had in your house? 403 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: What do you have left? 404 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 2: Because that's what God is going to bless what you 405 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 2: have left. 406 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 1: God is gonna bless what he gave you. 407 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 2: You are his chosen vessel, and the oil you have 408 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 2: is the oil you need. And the strengths you have 409 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 2: are the strengths you need. And the experiences that you've 410 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 2: had are the experiences that you need. 411 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: But notice this, the oil only flows when it is poured. 412 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 2: You can pray over it, you can cry over it, 413 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 2: you can wish for it, but until you pour it, it 414 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 2: will stay one small jar. If the enemy can't take 415 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 2: your oil, he will try to get you to stop pouring. 416 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 2: And some of you have stopped pouring. You got your 417 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 2: heart broken. You poured your love into your last relationship 418 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 2: and it didn't work out, and they left you and 419 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 2: they hurt you, and they turned away from you. So 420 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 2: you stop pouring, and when you stop pouring, it stops flowing. 421 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: You used to encourage people, and then you got discouraged 422 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 2: and you stopped encouraging. 423 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: But God told. 424 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: Me to tell you keep on pouring, because the more 425 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 2: you pour. 426 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: The more it's gonna flow. 427 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 2: I feel I appreciate until somebody pray, until somebody pours 428 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 2: out the praise you've got. Now, we tend to think 429 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 2: I'll pour more when I I did more. But the 430 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 2: way it works in the order of God is it 431 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 2: becomes more as it is poured. Isn't it just like 432 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 2: God to command you to pour something that you don't 433 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 2: feel like you have enough of strange instruction, I don't 434 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 2: have much pour it out. It's the weirdest strategy in 435 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,479 Speaker 2: the world. But I'm gonna tell you I think this 436 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 2: stuff works. I think as you pour it out, it 437 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 2: becomes more. Really, I'm convinced of him because I tried 438 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 2: that thing where you feel sorry for yourself when you're discouraged. 439 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 2: I tried the other thing where I encouraged somebody else 440 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 2: when I felt discouraged. The first one took me deeper 441 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: into my deficit and my discouragement. The second one is 442 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 2: the weirdest thing because I didn't feel like I. 443 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: Had it to give? How did somebody to encourage me? 444 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 2: And bitterness will keep you from pouring what you have 445 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 2: while you wait for what you want. 446 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: And so then you stay poor. 447 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 2: You stay frustrated, you stay stuck, you stay in bitterness. 448 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: I wonder, what's the woman a little disappointed that the 449 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 2: prophet told her to pour something. It's frustrating when you 450 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 2: have to pour into someone else when you really wish 451 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 2: someone would pour into you. Yet the more you pour, 452 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 2: the more it flows. I'm just telling you what to 453 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 2: do the next time. I know you haven't had any 454 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 2: struggles in the last seven years, but in case you 455 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 2: go through something this year, the more you pour, the 456 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 2: more it flows. The more you pour, the more it flows. 457 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 2: You're getting it over here. And so the devils will 458 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 2: crafty that that He will put you in a state 459 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 2: where you'll tell yourself, nobody appreciates me, so you'll stop 460 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 2: giving yourself, and it will it will reinforce that. 461 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: Self fulfilling prophecy. 462 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 2: Nobody appreciates me, They won't appreciate you because you'll stop pouring, 463 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 2: and then no longer have anything to appreciate about you. 464 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: That's that's why Holly said the. 465 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: Other day, they don't they don't even care what I cook. 466 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 2: She's talking about the kids, She said, they only want 467 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 2: the noodles. She made this meal. She made this meal. 468 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 2: And if you're considering marrying, uh, you know, in this 469 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: age that we live in right now, there's a lot 470 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 2: of things that can attract you to a person. 471 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,479 Speaker 1: I appreciate many qualities about my wife. 472 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 2: I appreciate the fact that she has excelled to the 473 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 2: point where she now, can I tell you something. 474 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: She grows her own Swiss shard. Do you know how 475 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: boogie that is? 476 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 2: So here's some homegrown Swiss shard and some chicken. And 477 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 2: when the kids went back for seconds, she said, they 478 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 2: don't care about the chicken. They don't care about the 479 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 2: homegrown Swiss shard. They just want the noodles. That dollar 480 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 2: twenty nine box of noodles. They would be happy with 481 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 2: just the noodles. I said, girl, I know exactly how 482 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 2: you feel. I feel that way sometimes when I'm preaching, 483 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 2: the devil will tell me that, you know, they really 484 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 2: don't care. They're not going to remember this sermon. It's 485 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 2: the craziest thing how I get into self pity, and 486 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 2: it's like, you know, they don't appreciate my Swiss shard, 487 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 2: my scriptural Swiss shard, my biblical chicken. 488 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: But I looked at her. I said, girl, if. 489 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 2: You don't cook it for anybody else, keep cooking the 490 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 2: chicken for me. It's not even about those little breads. 491 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 2: Let them eat the noodles. Give me the chicken. I 492 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 2: want the Swiss sharp. Now, you gotta have this sense 493 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 2: in your life, servant of God, that I'm not doing 494 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 2: it for them. Because sometimes you will pour into people 495 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 2: and they won't say a word. 496 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: But they're not your sauce. I said, they're not your sauce. 497 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 2: I might be pouring into people, but I'm pouring for 498 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 2: the Lord. So I can keep pouring. If you appreciate me, 499 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 2: I can keep pouring. If you don't, I can keep pouring. Stay, 500 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 2: I could keep pouring if. 501 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: You walk out. Who am I helping? 502 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 4: Make some noise? So Swiss sharp Frisian, I'm so grateful. 503 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 2: I'm so grateful that God kept pouring into me when 504 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 2: I seemed unprofitable, and so I got to keep pouring. 505 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: It said that she kept pouring. 506 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 2: I wonder how stupid she felt when she first started pouring. 507 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 2: Now once it starts working, it was probably kind of 508 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 2: fun And I will point out one thing that I 509 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 2: thought was kind of funny. We were talking about this 510 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 2: JJ were we How Elisha told her in verse three, 511 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: give me the verse go around and ask all your. 512 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: Neighbors for empty jars. 513 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 2: And then in verse five it says she left him 514 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 2: and shut the door behind her and her sons they 515 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 2: brought the jars to her. 516 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: She made her kids go to the neighbors. You heard 517 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: what the. 518 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 2: Man said, But she did one more thing I want 519 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 2: to point out, and it's what enabled her to pour. 520 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 2: She shut the doors. And that's such an important detail 521 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,520 Speaker 2: in this text because it is what you pour out 522 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 2: in private when no one is looking, and a lot 523 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 2: of us are so busy praying for more oil, more opportunity, 524 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 2: more more, more, more more. 525 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: And God says, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, And the 526 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: more you pour, the more it flows. 527 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 2: You're never going to pour out what you have while 528 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 2: you're so busy consulting what everybody else has. 529 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: You'd be like the woman. You'd be like the woman 530 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: who came in. 531 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 2: And poured out that expensive fragrance on the feet of Jesus. 532 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 2: And all the men around called it a waste, and 533 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 2: she called it worship. Because you're always you're always, you're 534 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 2: always going to feel like it's not enough, and even 535 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 2: if you feel like it is enough, you feel like 536 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. Have you had a day like that 537 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 2: in the last seven where you felt like this doesn't 538 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 2: even matter. 539 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: Shut the door and keep pouring. 540 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 2: In fact, sometimes the best thing to do is shut 541 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 2: your mouth and keep pouring, and keep pouring. Because the 542 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 2: oil only became more when it was in motion, and 543 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 2: the oil only fled when the vessels were ready. I 544 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 2: don't think this message is really about the oil at all. 545 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: I think it's about the vessels. 546 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 2: Because when Elishah told her to go around to her neighbors, 547 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 2: he gave her a very specific type of vessel to request. 548 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 2: He said, make sure they're empty. Make sure they're empty. 549 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 2: God can't fill what's already for that's why it's so 550 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 2: important that you pour out your pride. That's why it's 551 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 2: so important that we pour out our own opinions and 552 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 2: come before the Lord empty, because listen, when the vessels. 553 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: Are ready, the oil will flow. 554 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 2: And it's something strange about these vessels that we only 555 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 2: learned with a New Testament revelation. 556 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: This is the Second King's for. 557 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 2: But if you jump a couple of centuries over the 558 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 2: Second Corinthians For, you get the full message, where Paul says, 559 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 2: we have this treasure in earthen vessels. Why would God 560 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 2: put something so special in such a cracked vessel. What 561 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 2: keeps you from showing up is your cracks and your conflicts. 562 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: But that is the very place that the blessing flows through. 563 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: Paul said, we have this treasure in earth. 564 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 2: And vessels, that the excellency of the power might be 565 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,239 Speaker 2: from God, not from us. One season in our church 566 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 2: that I was feeling particularly overwhelmed, I said to Holly, 567 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,959 Speaker 2: I just don't feel like I'm the pastor that they needed. 568 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 2: The reason, I said, it is because the need was 569 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 2: so great and my experience was so small. At this 570 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 2: particular point, I had just turned thirty and the church 571 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 2: was already about the same size as the town I 572 00:34:53,160 --> 00:35:00,800 Speaker 2: grew up in. That'll make you stop in pause, That'll 573 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 2: make you feel like not enough if you ever felt 574 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 2: like not enough? 575 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: Wave of me. 576 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 2: I don't like to do this alone. It's a very 577 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 2: vulnerable feeling. Yeah, I said, I don't feel like I'm 578 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 2: the pastor that they need. She looked back at me 579 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 2: cold blooded and said, you're the one we've got. Y'all 580 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 2: are clapping at me, but I'm saying it to you. 581 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 2: You're the mom they got. You're the dad they got. 582 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,760 Speaker 2: You're the son they've got. You're the daughter they've got. 583 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 2: You're the one God chose. You are his chosen vessel, 584 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 2: and he chose you not in spite of your cracks, 585 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 2: but because of them. That ensures that people will not 586 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 2: compliment the vessel. They will value the oil. It is 587 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 2: what God put inside of you, but you've got to 588 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 2: pour it out. I want to pray for you today. 589 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 2: Stand to your feet because I want to pray for 590 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 2: you in this moment. If you've been in a deficit emotionally, spiritually, relationally, financially. 591 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: Deficits come in many different varieties. 592 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 2: But if you are that empty vessel today and you 593 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 2: come to the end of yourself, I got good news 594 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 2: for you. That's the starting place for God's supply to 595 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,240 Speaker 2: be poured out in your life. And My God shall 596 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 2: supply all of your needs according to his glory, not 597 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,840 Speaker 2: according to your quantity of oil, but according to his 598 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 2: glorious riches. I appreached this message today with the hopes 599 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 2: that in this moment you would see yourself as a 600 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 2: vessel that God is ready to fill. When the vessels 601 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 2: are ready, the oil will flow. And it's good when 602 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 2: you feel empty. It's good when you feel like you're 603 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 2: not enough. It's good when you know your need, because 604 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 2: then you remember your source. Right now, in this moment, 605 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 2: I want to ask that everybody who needs a touch 606 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 2: from God today in an area of your life where 607 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 2: you've been feeling deficient, I want to ask that you 608 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,799 Speaker 2: just close your eyes, lift your hands to Heaven, and 609 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 2: forget about all the people around you. Let's shut the 610 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:41,799 Speaker 2: door for a moment, and let's come before God in 611 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 2: honesty and sincerity. Like this woman did with the prophet, 612 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,240 Speaker 2: she knew where to go first. 613 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,720 Speaker 1: She took her needs to the Man of God. 614 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,720 Speaker 2: She didn't run around from neighbor to neighbor to neighbor 615 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,400 Speaker 2: like we tend to do some times. 616 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:02,840 Speaker 1: She went to God first. 617 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 2: If we seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, all 618 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 2: these things will be added to us. 619 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: But if we run around. 620 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 2: If we don't open our hearts before Him, we will die. 621 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 2: For the lack of what he has already provided. There 622 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 2: is oil in your house. There is a reason to 623 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,160 Speaker 2: be grateful. There is a strength in this season of 624 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 2: your life. And Father, today, with our hands lifted up 625 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 2: and with our hearts open, and with our minds renewed, 626 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:43,439 Speaker 2: we thank you for the oil we have. Somebody say, 627 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 2: thank you Lord for my oil. God, we're sorry for 628 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 2: complaining about the oil that we lost, or we're sorry 629 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,799 Speaker 2: for comparing our oil supply to others. We come to 630 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 2: you today in humility of spirit, declaring that what you 631 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 2: have done given is all that you require. We thank 632 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,520 Speaker 2: you for the gift of your grace in our lives. 633 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 2: We thank you for your mercy in this moment. We 634 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 2: thank you for your enabling power you're annointing for this 635 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 2: season of our lives. 636 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 1: That where we are is where we're supposed to be. 637 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 1: It's by design God. 638 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,239 Speaker 2: We determine in our hearts in this moment not to 639 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,560 Speaker 2: become bitter about what we've poured out that we didn't 640 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 2: receive a return on. We declare that you are the 641 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 2: source of our strength, and you are the strength of 642 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,160 Speaker 2: our lives. And so we lift our eyes to the hills. 643 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 2: Our help comes from you. Our joy comes from you, 644 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 2: and you are more than enough to meet every need. Father, 645 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,479 Speaker 2: we lift our eyes to Heaven today. Would you fill 646 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,440 Speaker 2: our cups to the top. We thank you that goodness 647 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 2: and mercy flow over our cup overflows. You are with 648 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,920 Speaker 2: us in this moment. We declare that your presence is 649 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 2: more than enough, Your word is more than enough. Spirit 650 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 2: of God fall fresh on your people now, a fresh 651 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 2: out pouring, a fresh anointing. 652 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,359 Speaker 1: May they receive it in the old power of your 653 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 1: great name, Jesus, Thank you for joining us. 654 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,400 Speaker 2: Special thanks to those of you who give generously to 655 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 2: this ministry. 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