Last week, we talked about the fact that lack of faith decreases our capacity to succeed
Remember that, sis?
The most obvious way that lack of faith shows up is through unbelief or lack of faith in God
which, according to The Parable of the sower, usually happens because of “the cares of the world” (Matthew 13:22)
But another way that it shows up is through a lack of belief in ourselves
For example-
When the woman approached Elisha to appeal to him for (divine) help in her situation (2nd Kings 4:1-7), I don’t think that she expected to be the answer to her own question or the solution to her own problem
Why?
Because she came to him talking more about the problem than what she might have or be able to do to solve it
In fact, it was not until Elisha asked her what she had in her house, that she even took inventory of what she had at all (2nd Kings 4:1-2)
As soon as she did take stock of what she had (a jar of oil), this precipitated the action that she took to activate her miracle
i.e. borrowing vessels from her neighbours, filling them up and selling them to the point that she could pay off her debts and “live on the rest” with her sons (2nd Kings 4:3-7)
So often, as modern women, we do the same thing
Cue edge snatching moment…
We demonstrate a lack of faith in ourselves by:
#1 Looking to others to solve our problems or validate us
Thus, giving our power away
#2 Dismissing or distrusting what we have in lieu of other people’s gifts
Because, like the widow woman, we fail to see the potential in our own
#3 Failing to realise that God has equipped us with everything that we need to succeed right now
and that our job is simply to enquire about what that is and run with it once we get direction, just as she did