Open Heaven 16 July 2026: Deliverance From the Burden of Debts
MEMORISE: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, Luke 4:18:25
READ: 2 Kings 4:1-7
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. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
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Today, I will discuss the burden of debt as another category of burdens.
Some years ago, we had a housemaid who would always sing, “The fire is burning the bush, and the bush is not consumed.
How great is our God!” every time we asked her to bring up a song during our family prayers.
One day, it occurred to me to ask her what the unconsumed bush she always sang about was.
When I did, I discovered that she became a housemaid because her parents were heavily in debt and could not pay their bills.
Therefore, we decided to pay off all the debt. After paying the debt, the next time we asked her to suggest a song when we wanted to pray, she sang something different.
This time, her song was, “He has done it for me. What my father cannot do, He has done it for me.”
If you are under any burden of debt, I pray that this will also be your song soon, in Jesus’ name.
Today’s Bible reading tells us the story of the widow of one of the sons of the prophets who was in debt.
When the creditors threatened to sell her sons into slavery as a means to offset the debts, she cried unto the Burden Bearer, as there was nothing she could do on her own, and the tide turned.
God gave her more than enough to pay her debts and live comfortably with her sons.
It is God’s desire for all His children to live debt-free because debts are heavy burdens, and debtors are always at the mercy of their creditors.
This is why Proverbs 22:7 says that the borrower is a servant to the lender. The only thing God permits you to owe other people is love (Romans 13:8).
If you are currently struggling under a heavy burden of debt, call unto Him today and ask Him to turn your financial situation around for good.
No matter the size of the debt, the Burden Bearer will step in and help you to overcome it.
As 2 Corinthians 9:8 says, He is able to make all grace abound towards you and give you sufficiency in all things.
He will not only ensure that you become debt-free, but He will give you the power to get wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18) and make you a lender to nations (Deuteronomy 15:6).
I pray that God will bless you with His abundance and indeed make you a lender to nations, in Jesus’ name.
OPEN HEAVEN 16 JULY 2026 PRAYER POINT
Father, please make me a lender to nations, in Jesus’ name.
OPEN HEAVEN 16 JULY 2026 HYMN 29:
WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER ATTENDETH MY WAY
OPEN HEAVEN 16 JULY 2026 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 4-8
