One of the things heard by many in the Church today is that someone who is going through a financial difficulty is “waiting on God” to solve the problem. This is the position of MANY people when it comes to financial breakthrough.
They will receive it if it comes to them, but that’s all they are willing to do. You hear people saying “when God wants me to be blessed, HE will do it.”
While there is truth to that, there is also a measure of laziness and folly.
When we look at the woman who lost her husband in II Kings 4, we see that she was in debt, facing disaster, with no husband. Her situation was pretty bleak. This is where a lot of people find themselves today.
So then the woman hears that Elisha the prophet, successor of the great Elijah, was passing through and she went to him with her dilemma. What he told her is a lesson to all who find themselves in a place of disaster.
2 Kings 4:3 “Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.”
Notice that he did NOT tell her to just sit back and wait. This is a lesson for us all. She had to get up, get her children up, and find empty vessels.
Even though God was about to do a miracle, he still required something of HER.
This is a very important word that we need to understand as we are standing in FAITH for the transfer of wealth. We can’t just sit in our houses and expect that gold coins are going to flow from the ceiling even though we serve a supernatural God.
As we read the story, the woman gets many vessels and fills them with the oil she had in her home. Oil represents the anointing, healing, deliverance, empowerment, and authority in the bible. We know that the OIL represented her wealth transfer.
Nevertheless, she would never have RECEIVED that wealth transfer without an act of FAITH in getting empty vessels.
So you have to be willing to step forward in faith and take action on the Word of the LORD you receive in order for there to be an authentic breakthrough.
Even though God wanted her to be financially free (as He demonstrated) and it was her inheritance as a member of the household of faith, she had NOT received it until she TOOK ACTION.
We must learn from this and remember that while it is true that the WORD of the LORD is that believers are going to receive “the wealth of the sinner” there are going to be actions of faith that correspond. There will be “vessels” that will need to be gathered for the collecting of this wealth.
In the same way you may have to open accounts, set up places for the wealth to go, take steps to ensure the transfer occurs. This is part of the process and puts you in position for the wealth transfer the LORD is talking about.
So rather than just sitting there hoping something happens … RECEIVE this WORD on Financial Dominion and mix it with FAITH and MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN as you follow HIM!
