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The God Who Is Provision
A few days ago, I woke up to the voice of the Lord saying, "Provision is coming." The amazing thing about when God speaks is that it can be just three words but still have many levels of impact, revelation, and be full of, for lack of a better word, data. I knew that the word "provision" was not limited to just monetary or materialistic provision, but it was far higher than that. Whenever I think about this, I have visions of the Lord walking towards me. It's as if the word "provision" that He was speaking about wasn't just an object but a person – the God who is provision.
We know the Lord as Jehovah Jireh, but in our human way of understanding things we tend to put limitations on what He can provide, even though we know that Heaven's economic system is not one of only gold or silver, which the Lord says are His. So I don't want to take away from the fact that God is a provider of monetary and materialistic needs. He is our source.
"'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' saith the Lord of hosts." (Haggai 2:8)
In the same way that He provides the gold and silver, He also provided us with the appropriate sacrifice so that we can have eternal life. Before Jesus, it was left to man to find a sacrifice that would be pleasing to the Lord. Yet, this was just a temporary fix – a Band-Aid for a broken arm – a carnal solution to an eternal issue. Creation, all of humanity, was incapable of providing the perfect appropriation that would become satisfactory and meet the weight and cost of our transgressions. However, the Lord, in His mercy, PROVIDED such a sacrifice for us. Simply put, we ran up the bill at our Dad's restaurant, but He didn't just comp the bill. He took money out of His pocket and paid it for us so that we didn't have to face the ultimate repercussion of our decisions. All because He loved us.
For God So Loved
"For this is how much God loved the world – He [PROVIDED] His one-and-only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in Him will never perish but experience everlasting life." (John 3:16 emphasis mine)
Provision sometimes comes in the way of strength from a message or messenger. We see this in 1 Kings 19 after Elijah slew the prophets of Baal and escaped the threat from Jezebel to take his life. Elijah went into hiding and asked the Lord to end his life because he felt as if he could not carry on. The way it's presented in Scripture is that Elijah complained so hard that he fell asleep. He actually fell asleep while complaining to the Lord and asking God to take his life! Then Elijah was awakened by an angel that God had sent to PROVIDE strength and encouragement to him in the form of cake and drink. (Photo via Pixabay)
"Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again." (1 Kings 19:6)
How many of us have been there before? We are simply tired and don't think that we can carry on, and we want to give up. I'm sure many of us can relate to Elijah in this situation. But God! God, in His loving kindness, tends to our needs. In this particular situation, it looked like sending an angel to bake a cake that would provide strength and endurance for the journey ahead. Now, this is what stands out to me... (continue reading)
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