“My God shall provide all your needs according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.”
God has blessed me with the ability to share Christmas poetry with over 160 people. I also was blessed to share Christmas gifts with a friend of mine's children and grandchildren. It was such a blessing and opportunity to share. It was so worth doing.
I had a trial come about over this and how God provides. With this giving I used up all my funds. I thought that God would provide for all this giving. Yet it didn't happen. I also thought God would provide for every good work. I trusted Christ for this promise. I went to God and asked why He had not provided.
God lead me to a greater Truth. If God always provided for all needs at all times, what about those in prison and those faced with starvation. Our culture is so focused on money that we think this is how God always blesses us. I think of Paul in prison. If God always provides, He would have to apologize to Paul. God declares food and raiment therewith to be content. Truly God has blessed me with my true needs being met. What about those believers in prison, hungry, and persecuted? What is God's true riches in Glory by Christ Jesus?
“Being content with such things as you have, for He has said I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
The answer to the hardship is God's Glory is found as Christ being with us in every trial, every hardship. This is truly the blessing God will always provided.
A side Truth is that when I was pondering the answer to this trial. I thought of this promise.
“My Brethren, count it all joy when you face divers (trials) temptations., Knowing this that the trying of your faith works patience, but let patience have her perfect work that you may be perfect and entire wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him.”
Truly the promise is when trials are happening, we need to find God's wisdom for this trial and gives us a deeper understanding how God works.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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