Daily Manna 13 September
KEY VERSE: “And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.” – (2 Kings 4:43)
TEXT: Kings 4:38-44
38 And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” 39 So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were. 40 Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41 So he said, “Then bring some flour.” And he put it into the pot, and said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42 Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.”
43 But his servant said, “What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?”
He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the Lord: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’ ” 44 So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.
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Elisha the prophet had just returned from his sojourn at the home of the Shunammite woman to the school of young prophets located in Gilgal. There was famine in the land. As he catered for the spiritual needs of the budding prophets by teaching them God’s precepts and laws, he was equally concerned about their physical needs. He instructed his servant to prepare pottage for them. In the course of making the food, an unnamed gatherer of herbs shredded into the pot of pottage some poisonous wild vine. This caused the eaters instant stomach pains. They cried out to the prophet, who with a meal (flour) tossed into the death pot removed the poison.
The prophet, on another day, received a visitor who brought him twenty loaves of barley and full ears of corn. He instructed that the twenty loaves be given to the young prophets to eat but the servant complained that it was inadequate for a hundred people. Miraculously, the people ate and had some leftovers, according to the word of the Lord through the prophet.
We must rest assured that God is interested in our overall well-being and makes necessary provision for us even in difficult times. Care must be taken, however, as to how we seek solutions to our pressing needs.
God’s intervention through Elisha shows that He is able to turn our situations around from bad to good once we trust Him. He will send us the needed help at the right time. He is never late. He will supply enough and we will have surplus. But remember to think beyond material things. If all you crave for is earthly progress without heavenly blessings of salvation and sanctification, you will miss all. We must have all that God has provided – spiritual, physical and eternity with Christ.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God’s provision is inexhaustible.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 120-130
Thank you for studying today’s Daily Manna – Express Provision in Famine – by Pastor Enoch A.
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Daily Manna 13 September 2021
