_SUPPLY PROPORTIONED TO FAITH_ ‘And the oil stayed.’ 2 Kings 4:6 What a sorrowful confession! There was no reason why it should stay. There was as much oil as ever, and the power which had made so much could have gone on without limit or exhaustion. The only reason for the ceasing of the oil was... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE HEALTH OF THE SOUL_ ‘Is it well with thee?’ 2 Kings 4:26 This is a common inquiry concerning the body. To ask about the health is the first question usually when friends meet: and truly of all God’s outward and providential mercies none is greater and more to be desired than health. For with... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE POISONED POTTAGE_ ‘O thou man of God, there is death in the pot.’ 2 Kings 4:40 The use of a miracle, like that of an eclipse, is twofold. It may be studied as a special phenomenon in itself; or it may be regarded as specially serving to illustrate the general mechanism of the heavens. There... [ Continue Reading ]