Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” – 2 Kings 4:3-4
Sometimes, when God positions us for deliverance or to receive a blessing, He’ll position us behind closed doors. Now, there will definitely be a time for you to testify of the goodness of God on the other side of your door. But not every part of your journey is for others to see. Sometimes the part that God orchestrates behind closed doors won’t make any sense to those that are watching. And because they don’t understand the process of your journey, if they were to get a front row seat, all they’d have to offer is mockery, doubt, negatively and criticisms. It just doesn’t make sense for you to stack all those empty jars and have absolutely nothing to put in them. But they don’t understand that God can do something mighty and miraculous with an empty vessel. So sometimes, part of the journey to your deliverance or your blessing is reserved for just you and God behind closed doors. It’s ok if you have to collect your jars from your neighbors on the outside. But those jars become vessels to be filled by God on the inside, behind closed doors. Sometimes, your neighbor should only go as far as the door–even if they’re the one that gave you the empty jar. Sometimes, the neighbor on the outside of the door can be the difference between you borrowing a jar to bring into the house and you borrowing a vessel to be filled behind closed doors. Therefore, sometimes, you have to be ok with shutting the door behind you in order to secure a Divine opportunity to have your vessel filled to capacity.
*Tressa Jo
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