Day 16 -Monday - January 21-- Prayer Focus - OUR LIVES - TODAY - AVAILABLE
God has good things for our lives - they could be difficult and challenging, yet fulfilling - therefore God loves it when we simply make ourselves “available” to Him.
2 Kings 4:1-6 (NKJV)
A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
2 So 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 but a jar of oil.”
3 Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few. 4 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.”
5 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. 6 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.
But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
This is a miracle story that is true for today.
God wants us to be vessels for His use today. In this passage as long as there were vessels there was oil.
God wants to put his presence, power and anointing in us today if we will make ourselves available.
What qualifies the vessel? It’s the contents. I don’t need a box that holds krispy kreme, I want the krispy kreme.
It’s the oil that is a blessing.
You can’t put oil into a container that is already filled with other things.
My prayer then is:
Available - I’m making myself available for you to pour into me.
Empty me - Lord empty me from things that are in my life that are in the way of your agenda.
Clean - Lord may my life be clean. I want to be a clean vessel to receive your anointing.
God is ready to pour inside of each of us (His presence, power, might, etc.). He just needs a vessel to pour into. I want to be available, empty and clean.
2 Timothy 2:20-21 (NKJV)
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
This is the prayer that God wants us to pray today.
Some of us need to be challenged to go on a deeper journey with God.
So in 2023, I’m available! I’m empty and I’m clean.
