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Elisha, The Provision is in the Obedience

Sometimes I've felt that I've only had very little to give so why give it at all. This morning the thought came to me "All you you have is all you need to give." This thought came as I was reading the following passage in II Kings 4: 42 A man came from Baal Salishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain. "Give it to the people to eat, "Elisha said. 43 " How can I set this before a hundred men?" his servant asked. But Elisha answered, "Give it to the people to eat," For this is what the Lord says:" They will eat and have some left over" 44Then he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.

This man only had twenty loaves to give to the prophet.
The principle at work is:All that we have is all that we need to give.
When we obey, God gives the increase.
There are many examples in the Bible of this principle in action:

Like the widow at the treasury
All she had was all she needed to give

Like The woman with the alabaster box
All she had was all she needed to give

Like the little boy with the five loaves and the two fishes
All he had was all he needed to give

Like Barzillai and friends with David in the Wilderness
All they had was all they needed to give

Like the widow in Elijahs day with a little flour and a little oil
All she had was all she needed to give

If God has given you a little that is all you need to give
If God has given you a lot that is all you need to give

To him much is given, from him much will be required
To him to whom little is given, little will be required

All you have to give is all you need to give.
Its not the amount it is the obedience.

We see this same principle in Exodus.
God told the people to go and gather the manna in the morning.

Those who gathered a little had enough.
Those who gather much had enough.
The provision was in their obedience.

During these times of economic hardship for many, many people
I just want to encourage everyone to remember,
All you have is all you need to give.
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  1. Gift UniverseFebruary 12, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Patricia,
    Very encouraging and reminds me of when we had the privilege of hearing your mom at Jubilee when she shared about the feeding of the 5000 and "the boy with the little lunch" and how much God can do with our "little lunch" and then her singing of "some through the fire..(can't remember title). Such blessed memories! Thank you for them and God bless you and your family. Deborah Hurley

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  2. Tricia's Princples for LivingFebruary 12, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Thanks for recalling that precious memory at Jubilee Fellowship. I have many precious memories from those days, none so precious as my family coming to visit. My mother and father were great examples of taking the little they had and sharing it. When we lived in a little tiny house, at least for ten people, in Philadelphia they practiced hospitality continually. We had people in our home from countries such as India, the Phillipines, Cuba and different African nations. My motehr sang from a deep place of knowing of how God could do much with very little. The song's title to which you referred is" IN Shady Green Pastures."

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