God Your Provider by Ann Elaine Broughton
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Phillipians 4:19 NIV).
Do you trust God to help you with your needs, both spiritual and physical? Sometimes it becomes difficult to trust when you are at the bottom of the pit, but God is still there for you and loves you with a passion that no person can give you. One of the Lord’s names is Jehovah-Jirah, which means the Lord will provide.
Rick and I have learned that He truly does provide when you call upon His help. There have been times in our lives when we had to trust God and pray in order to pay bills and eat. It was a very difficult time in our lives, but our faith in God grew because God always provided food and money through our Christian friends. He never failed us. One time we even found some steaks in our mailbox.
When you are in need it is so important to accept help from others and not be prideful. Your Christian friends want to help you and you should be accepting of their help and praise the Lord for providing for you. He uses others to show His love. You must be open to that. When you get back on your feet, then you will be compassionate to those who are in need. Then you can show God’s love in a special way to others who need to know that God does provide for them.
We, as Christians, must be aware of others who have needs. We are God’s hands and must help those in need of assistance in any form. Remember what Jesus said, ”For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in” (Matt. 25:42 NIV).
Dear Lord,
Help me to trust you when I have a need, know that you are the provider and you want only the best for me. Help to help others also, as you would do.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
