The Lord Provides

The Lord Provides

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 New Living Translation (NLT)

It is a nice thing to say that “the Lord provides”. But it is a very different thing to know it from your life experience. When you are in need, and you receive a blessing from the Lord, the saying goes from being a cliché to something real and tangible. I hate to say it, but without the test, there is not testimony. When we are in a place of need that is where we will find the goodness of the Lord.

I think it is a magnificent thing to find from personal experience that the Lord does indeed provide, but that is the simplest observation of God’s endowment. The Lord comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others
(2 Corinthians 1:4). I have to ask, “What kind of person are you if you have not given out what the Lord has given to you?” I have to ask, “Hasn’t the Lord been generous to you? If so, where is your generosity?” These questions humble me to a place of forgiving those that do not seek redemption. I am humbled to the point of blessing those that curse me and I am moved to try and Love the unlovely.

When we are living the faith to its full extent, I think we begin to look like the Sheep of Matthew 25. We feed the hungry, refresh the thirsty, take in the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick and visit those in a place of pain.

The Lord’s provision for us is not something that should be stored away, what the Lord gives us is meant to be passed on to the man or woman standing right next to you. The whole duty of mankind is to worship the lord and to help someone live well in Christ.