2 Kings 4:4 “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.”
Prophet Elisha had a “school of prophets” and a number of prophets were trained under him. One of his disciples died leaving a widowed wife and his two sons in debt. The wife of the prophet came to Elisha for help and counsel, as the debtors were coming after her sons. Elisha asked her a poignant question and gave her a “breakthrough strategy”. He asked her, “Tell me, what do you have in your house?” (vs 2). The widow’s pantry was empty but she had a small jar of olive oil. Then he told her to gather as many empty jars as she could from her neighbours and shut the door behind her, then pour the oil into the jars. The oil kept flowing until all the jars were full.
This miracle of Elisha teaches us the spiritual “breakthrough strategy”. We might have only a little anointing left. (Oil represents anointing of the Holy Spirit). The anointing increases only behind shut doors. Congregational and church gatherings are important for our spiritual growth. Fellowship with believers is vital for spiritual maturity but our personal time with the Lord is integral for our spiritual breakthrough. Spiritual breakthrough will automatically open the floodgates of heaven and pour out emotional, mental, financial and material blessings. We don’t have to go after the material; desire the eternal and the temporal will automatically follow (Matthew 6:33).
Closed Door – Breakthrough Strategy:
1. Brilliant: Brilliance and wisdom are treasures hidden in the secret place of prayer. Jesus says, “But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place” (Matthew 6:6).
2. Bold: Seeking the Lord behind shut doors will make us bold, benevolent and buoyant.
3. Breakthrough: Anointing multiplies in the secret place behind shut doors. The breakthrough strategy to break free from bondages, sickness, lack, losses or curses is to spend time alone with the Lord consistently in the secret prayer closet.
Breakthrough anointing multiplies behind closed doors in our prayer closet.
Prayer: Dear Holy Spirit, I will seek you with all my heart, soul and strength behind shut doors in my secret prayer closet. Amen.
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