This is my concept of the widow in Second Kings 4:1-7: She is an unseen resourceful woman nearing the end of her resources. She is the good steward of the little, remaining diligent while slipping into expiration. Hers is a household abundant in faith, yet in desperate need of God's miraculous presence and power. Her oil cruse is not a new one, but an old container whose oil she has been rationing for a very long time.
May I speak prophetically? She is you. I am she.
We are diligent and careful. But we are nearly empty, and needing to be filled again: not from our own storehouses, but from the supply of our Prophet, Priest, and King.
Holy Spirit of Christ, eternal Supplier, pour Your oil into us.
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