Enough Oil To Pay Off The Debt

   This story really happened, many, many years ago. The same God who raised Jesus from the dead, the same God who works wonders today, showed His mercy and power to a woman in desperate need. The woman was a widow, and there were bills that hadn't been paid since she was widowed. In those days, people who were in debt could pay off the debt by giving their children to serve in the family that they were indebted to. In this case, the creditors were about to take the sons of this widowed lady, and that would satisfy the debt that she owed. But, look what God did for her.
   Here is the account from The Message Bible. It is found in 2 Kings 4:1-7.

One day the wife of a man from the guild of prophets called out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead. You well know what a good man he was, devoted to God. And now the man to whom he was in debt is on his way to collect by taking my two children as slaves.”

 Elisha said, “I wonder how I can be of help. Tell me, what do you have in your house?”

“Nothing,” she said. “Well, I do have a little oil.”

 “Here’s what you do,” said Elisha. “Go up and down the street and borrow jugs and bowls from all your neighbors. And not just a few—all you can get. Then come home and lock the door behind you, you and your sons. Pour oil into each container; when each is full, set it aside.”

 She did what he said. She locked the door behind her and her sons; as they brought the containers to her, she filled them. When all the jugs and bowls were full, she said to one of her sons, “Another jug, please.”

He said, “That’s it. There are no more jugs.”

Then the oil stopped.

 She went and told the story to the man of God. He said, “Go sell the oil and make good on your debts. Live, both you and your sons, on what’s left.”

  How about that one? God was very merciful to this widow. This incident happened around 850 - 800 years before Christ, in the country of Israel. 

   The Bible tells us that God doesn't change. That means, He was all-powerful 2,00 years ago, and He is all-powerful today. He was just 4,000 years ago, and He is just today. God never had a beginning and of course, He will never have an ending. He is infinite. He showed mercy to His people throughout History, and He still shows mercy to His people today.

God is uncreated. He never had a
beginning and has always been
in existence.