When the poor widow cried to the prophet Elisha for help in her poverty, as her creditor had come to take her life--her two sons--in payment of a debt, the man of God found that she had a pot of oil at home, and told her to get all the empty vessels she could find or borrow, and to go home and shut the door upon herself and her two sons, and to pour out oil into all the empty vessels. And she did so. "And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed." (2 Kings 4:6)
If she had only had more empty vessels, she might have had more oil. Even so with the grace of God. It will flow in as long as there is a place for it, because it is inexhaustible. But here is a problem: when He fills us full, so that through the Spirit by faith we are "filled with all the fullness of God," (Ephesians 3:19) how are we to keep the stream flowing, so as constantly to have a fresh supply? The answer is this: We must always remember that we are "made full in Him," (Colossians 2:10) and that in ourselves we are but emptiness. So we may every day and every hour present our empty lives to the Lord, for Him to fill them, and we may never be without our vessel full of grace and truth, and never lack an empty one in which to receive a fresh supply.--Present Truth, July 5, 1900--2 Kings 4:6
E.J. Waggoner