Pour Into Your Neighbors

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Here is today's communion meditation.

In 2 Kings 4 is the chapter of the widow woman who was about to have her sons taken from her because of debts. Elisha asks her what she has in her house and she says...Nothing. Then he asks again and she says she has a little bit of olive oil. He then tells her to borrow some vessels from her neighbors and pour the olive oil into the vessels. As long as she continues to pour into her neighbors vessels the oil continues to flow. But, when she stops the oil stops flowing. When it is done she has enough olive oil to pay off her debts and live off of the rest.

This story is symbolic of God's anointing flowing to be a blessing to our neighbors. Our bodies are called vessels or jars of clay. This woman was letting God's anointing flow to fill up her neighbors and when she did her needs were also taken care of. You have an anointing from God that is meant to be a blessing to the people around you and if you will make a commitment to pouring out God will see to it that you have enough...Enough health, time, money, and resources to help you pour into others. 

What do you have that could be a blessing to someone else? We each have different gifts and resources that we can use to bless others. When you get your gift flowing out of you to others it also brings health, because you will need to be healthy enough to serve, time, because you will need the time to serve, money and resources, because those will also be needed, and wisdom, to know how to better serve others. 

The more God's anointing flows through you to others the more you also benefit. 

As you take communion today let it be a time to commit to and activate this in your life. 

When Jesus took lifted the cup he said it was symbolic of how he poured out.