"Scant Not," "Hi!" "Hi!"

I wonder how many of the “Message” readers know, that these two words are in the Bible? If you will turn to 2 Kings 4:3,3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. (2 Kings 4:3) you will read in that beautiful account of the poor widow and her one pot of oil, that the prophet Elisha told her to go and borrow vessels, adding the words, “Borrow not a few.” Now, in the margin...of a reference Bible you will see that “borrow not a few” means “Scant not, or it would say: Do not be scanty in your asking, but ask and ask and ask until you have all you need―to pay what you owe and live on the rest.” This is just what our blessed Lord Jesus Christ said so emphatically: “Ask and ye shall receive”―not ask and ye may, abut shall receive. So in the matter of asking God to supply all your need,” scant not,” whether for body or soul. What He has promised He is sure to give.1 I remember so well that cabman-by Queen Street Station, Exeter, who shouted out so loudly “Hi! hi!” to a poor beggar man, who had just received a gift that he evidently had been half afraid to ask for: “What I promises, come and ask. I never refuse what I promise.” Now, dear soldier, or sailor or civilian, God says: “Look unto Me (the Lord Jesus), and be ye saved.” Saved by a look at the crucified (Isa. 45:2222Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:22).) One―sin all forgiven at once and forever if you only look—and grace given every moment if you “ask” to keep you looking, which will keep you from sinning―for God’s saved ones sin at times if they forget to ask and look. So “scant not” to ask.
Emily P. Leakey