The widow's oil
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The sermon is about the importance of faith in our lives, using the story of the widow in 2 Kings 4 as an example. The widow cries out to Elisha for help because her husband had died and creditors were coming to take her children as slaves to pay off their debt. Elisha tells her to gather empty jars and fill them with oil from the one jar she has at home. The oil miraculously multiplies and she is able to sell it to pay off her debt and provide for her family.
The preacher emphasizes the need for faith to activate the promises of God in our lives. Just as the widow had to take action by gathering jars and pouring out the oil, we need to take action in faith to see God's promises come to fruition. The preacher also encourages people to be specific in their prayers and to testify to others when God works miracles in their lives.
Life is full of challenges and demands, and when we face difficulties, we can either complain and become bitter or turn to God in prayer. It's important to pray proactively and present our needs specifically to God. He wants us to contribute to the miracle and exercise faith. We must do our part and not expect God to do everything for us. God wants us to develop independence and solvency by making efforts and taking action. This is especially important in the Latino community, which needs to break the inertia of its economic and family situations.
The Latino community needs to make efforts and have discipline to get out of their difficulties and be a blessing to the next generation. God needs a base, a physical conduit to work miracles, and that is where individuals come in with their actions of faith and initiatives. Acknowledging that one does not have the solution is the first step to finding it. Every miracle begins with an acknowledgment of weakness and a cry out to God. God wants individuals to invest and take action with what little they have. Believing in God and walking in faith will lead to blessings and solutions.
The preacher emphasizes the need for faith to activate the promises of God in our lives. Just as the widow had to take action by gathering jars and pouring out the oil, we need to take action in faith to see God's promises come to fruition. The preacher also encourages people to be specific in their prayers and to testify to others when God works miracles in their lives.
Life is full of challenges and demands, and when we face difficulties, we can either complain and become bitter or turn to God in prayer. It's important to pray proactively and present our needs specifically to God. He wants us to contribute to the miracle and exercise faith. We must do our part and not expect God to do everything for us. God wants us to develop independence and solvency by making efforts and taking action. This is especially important in the Latino community, which needs to break the inertia of its economic and family situations.
The Latino community needs to make efforts and have discipline to get out of their difficulties and be a blessing to the next generation. God needs a base, a physical conduit to work miracles, and that is where individuals come in with their actions of faith and initiatives. Acknowledging that one does not have the solution is the first step to finding it. Every miracle begins with an acknowledgment of weakness and a cry out to God. God wants individuals to invest and take action with what little they have. Believing in God and walking in faith will lead to blessings and solutions.
Second Kings, Chapter 4. Speaking of Faith, speaking of the God provider. The Lord impressed my spirit with this passage. Just this morning as I was praying to God to seek his blessing in today's service and it coincides very well with the themes that we have been dealing with, which is the theme of Faith this year.
At least my sermons and I know that my brother Pastors -who have also been preaching- have been fitting into this theme of Faith. Because this is a year of Faith, this is a year to believe the Lord, to know that God is more powerful than circumstances, that God is even more powerful than our inability, our mistakes, our defects, our sins. Faith wins, Faith makes mountains move, Faith removes obstacles, Faith is the gasoline that makes it possible to move the vehicle of the son or daughter of God.
At least my sermons and I know that my brother Pastors -who have also been preaching- have been fitting into this theme of Faith. Because this is a year of Faith, this is a year to believe the Lord, to know that God is more powerful than circumstances, that God is even more powerful than our inability, our mistakes, our defects, our sins. Faith wins, Faith makes mountains move, Faith removes obstacles, Faith is the gasoline that makes it possible to move the vehicle of the son or daughter of God.
