A woman is good at multitasking, managing life situations, and achieving results, but sometimes the challenges can be too much. It is easy to want to throw in the towel, but others’ lives depend on the functioning and well-being of a woman who is juggling so much. You have to address the trials. The kingdom woman in 2 Kings 4:1 lost her husband and his income, so the depts piled up and creditors had the right to seize her children to be slaves to pay off her debt. We are looking at a woman dealing with several layers of pain at the same time in addition to the financial pain:

1. Emotional—loss of husband (death) and fear of losing children
2. Physical—hungry; all she had was a jar of oil
3. Spiritual—her husband had feared the Lord; nothing worse than fearing God yet not being able to locate Him when you need Him the most. Do you know what it’s like to be in spiritual pain? You’ve been serving, obeying, worshiping the God who says He’ll never leave you or forsake you, but you can’t seem to find Him anywhere.

When God is silent, He is not still. God dose some of His best work in the dark. While you don’t think He is doing a thing, He’s behind the scenes, working it out, and faithful. He has a plan for you and it’s a good one. You will never discover that God is all you need until you get to the place where God is all you have.

The woman in 2 Kings 4 went to the prophet Elisha because she was in a situation that only God could fix. She needed a word just for her, she needed a rhema (a specific utterance with a specific situation or person in mind). Elisha asked her:

1. What shall I do for you? In coming to him she wasn’t going to get an ordinary answer.
2. What have you in the house? Highlighted her insufficiency.

He told her to ask her neighbors for their empty jars (their “nothingness” as well), go inside her house, and pour her one jar of oil into all the jars. She was going to pour what little oil she had out of her one jar, and put it into someone else’s. Because she committed herself to the instructions of the prophet, she experienced a miracle. Kingdom women obey God’s word even when it seems to make no sense. Faith doesn’t always make sense, but it does make miracles.

God treasures the one who desires His purposes over an easy life.

God loves a “seasoned” sister—a kingdom woman who chooses to be filled with His love and power whether or not she has any of her own to draw from. The reasoning so many people today are living short of the victorious kingdom life is because they have settled for conversion. Conversion is great—it reconciles you to God’s kingdom for eternity, but for God’s kingdom power to be active in you requires commitment. That requires dedication to His word and His ways. “My kingdom is not of this world”—Jesus (John 18:36).

4 principles from the widow’s path of commitment:

1. God’s way is the best way to address life’s problem. Human opinions are like junk food; don’t fill up on everyone else’s opinions. Save room to hear from Him.
2. God responds to your emptiness—one reason it is often difficult to experience God’s miracle of provision is that we approach Him with our fullness (pride) rather than with our emptiness (humility). We present what we think we have to offer to God rather than recognizing that apart from Him we are nothing (John 15). James 4:6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
3. Give to others what you need God to give to you—Luke 6:38 “Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” “It” refers to the thing that you gave. Acts 20:35 “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” By giving, you open a channel for which to also receive. By hoarding you cut off God’s flow to you. If God cannot flow through you to others, then He won’t continue flowing to you. A blessing can be defined as experiencing, enjoying, and extending the goodness of God in your life. It includes being used by God to bless others as well. You are only going to take this step of faith to give to others what you yourself need if you truly believe that God is your source. Because if God is your source, then the question is not whether you have enough to keep giving to others, but whether you have the faith to believe that He will replenish what you give away in His name. Phil 4:19 “My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory when you love Him and walk according to His will.”
4. God does not need a lot to do a lot. This principle shows up throughout scripture:

Moses—shepherd’s staff to part the Red Sea and bring water out of a rock

David—slingshot and a smooth stone to bring down Goliath (1 Sam 17)

Samson—jaw of a donkey to kill the Philistines (Judges 15)

Shamgar—oxgoad to save the nation of Israel (Judges 3)

Rebekah—jar to water a stranger’s camels to become part of the lineage of Jesus Christ (Gen 24)

Sarah– one son to become the mother to the entire nation of Israel (Gen 21)

Jael–tent peg to take down Sisera to change the course of an entire battle (Judges 4)

Young boy–fish and bread to feed everyone and provide leftovers

Mary of Bethany–jar of perfume to teach us a great spiritual lesson

Eph 3:20 “God can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to His power that is at work within us.”

Being a kingdom woman of commitment involves making a decision based in faith to follow God’s prescribed path while aligning yourself under His authority. Continue walking until He reveals the next step uniquely designed for you.