2 KINGS 4

THROUGH ELIJAH, GOD PERFORMS MANY MIRACULOUS ACTS

Elisha is approached by a widow who asks for help paying off her debts. Elisha asks what she had to offer, and she only possessed a small amount of oil. Elisha tells her to collect as many containers as she can find, borrowing jugs and jars from neighbors.

Elisha instructs her to place some of her oil in each container. Upon doing this, she is miraculously able to fill all of the containers! This allows her to pay off her debts and live off of the excess. God honors her expectant heart with abundance.

When Elisha is traveling near Shunem, there is a woman is hospitable and generous, giving him a place to stay whenever he passed through. Elisha asks what he could do for her, and she asks for the ability to have a son. A year later, the woman conceives a son. When the child grows up, he suffers from terrible head pain and dies at a young age. Elisha stretches out, laying over the boy, and God restores his life.

During a famine, Elisha is able to purify a pot of stew that was accidentally made with poisonous deadly herbs. Later, he is able to multiply a small amount of food into an amount that can feed one hundred men. The miraculous acts of God done through Elisha foreshadow the future miracles of Jesus!