Scripture
1 Chronicles 29:10-14
2 Kings 6:8-17
1 Chronicles 29:10-14
2 Kings 6:8-17
Provisions, who is the provider? Do we provide for ourselves? Do our parents provide for us? Too many people look for the government or someone else to provide them with everything they want or need. There are just as many people think that they do it all on their own. They get rich from their own doings. They have because of what they did. 1 Chronicles 29:12 "Both riches and honor come from You,..." David credits everything to God, shouldn’t we?
Too often in my own life I just didn't trust God with my finances, and other areas of my life. I didn't tithe any of my income. I just couldn't see how God could stretch less to pay more. After all if you need a thousand dollars to pay bills and buy food how can you give eighty out of eight hundred and meet all your needs. Simple mathematics and logic would say you can't. Simply put I didn't trust Him to be able to provide all my needs. This couldn't be farther from the truth. After all didn't Jesus feed five thousand with just a few fish and loaves of bread? Didn't God feed the entire Israel Nation in the desert for forty years?
God not only provided for Israel He protected His people. As we struggle in life we need to know that God will provide not only our needs but He will protect us as well. He will send a host of angels to our aid if we call upon Him and put our faith and trust in Him. 2 Kings 6:17 "And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha." God is our provider and our protector.
If God can do what He has done for the Israel Nation and for others all through history, He can do the same for us. Just remember all riches and honor come from God. We must remember that He is the God who made the universe. He is the God who made it all. What can we say we made using nothing but our words?
Too often in my own life I just didn't trust God with my finances, and other areas of my life. I didn't tithe any of my income. I just couldn't see how God could stretch less to pay more. After all if you need a thousand dollars to pay bills and buy food how can you give eighty out of eight hundred and meet all your needs. Simple mathematics and logic would say you can't. Simply put I didn't trust Him to be able to provide all my needs. This couldn't be farther from the truth. After all didn't Jesus feed five thousand with just a few fish and loaves of bread? Didn't God feed the entire Israel Nation in the desert for forty years?
God not only provided for Israel He protected His people. As we struggle in life we need to know that God will provide not only our needs but He will protect us as well. He will send a host of angels to our aid if we call upon Him and put our faith and trust in Him. 2 Kings 6:17 "And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha." God is our provider and our protector.
If God can do what He has done for the Israel Nation and for others all through history, He can do the same for us. Just remember all riches and honor come from God. We must remember that He is the God who made the universe. He is the God who made it all. What can we say we made using nothing but our words?
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