The Lord Provides Our Daily Food
Northwest Bible Church – Dec. 3 – 2 Kings Series – Worship Service – Alan Conner
2 Kings 4:38-44
The Lord provides our Daily Food
Intro
- FAMINE IN THE LAND (4:38a).
1) Famine, the curse of God (Lev. 26:20, 26; Deut. 28:24, 38-40).
2) The remnant not exempted from suffering.
3) It is hard to identify with a lack of food.
- THE DEADLY STEW MADE HARMLESS (4:38b-41).
1) Elisha orders stew (v. 38).
2) “There is death in the pot” (vv. 39-40).
3) Flour power?
4) Truth: the Lord provided for His remnant their daily food.
- MULTIPLYING THE LOAVES OF BARLEY (4:42-44).
1) Twenty barley loaves and ears of grain.
2) Our deficiencies + God’s promise = an abundance.
3) Christ is greater than Elisha.
APPLICATION
1) Look to God to overcome your inadequacies (20 loaves):
- a) in ministry:
- b) in suffering:
- c) in physical needs:
- d) in godliness:
2) Spiritual ministries -
- a) to the church:
- b) to the backslider: