Do you waiver at times knowing the peace that this knowledge can bring? Do you, like me, sometimes fail to have faith in God's timing and provision in our lives?
Mr Faithful was made redundant just before Christmas last year and since then my faith and trust has been put to the test. So many times I have said before that it is God that gives and takes away. But when I am faced with bills to pay and weekly budgets to set, food to be put on the table then my faith has really been put to the test. Mr Faithful has been trying his hand in the self-employed world and income can be inconsistent. As work has been slowing down job applications have been submitted and I admit I wavered in my faith that God would provide for our needs. Then I listened to this...
Admittedly it wasn't for my benefit that I first out this broadcast on. The Brinkman adventures had been recommended to me as a good choice for audio adventures that my boys may enjoy listening to. Mr Social had really enjoyed his Jonathan Park CD that he got for his birthday so I thought the Brinkman adventures would be right up his street.
It proved to be an enjoyable listen. The Provider was the name of the episode we listened to and it was recount of a father's early experiences in his family life of how God provided for his needs when he thought that all was lost. By the end of the broadcast I felt thoroughly reprimanded.
Matthew 6:26
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
We have a small garden and enjoy watching the birds come and feed from our bushes and bird feeders, jump on the ground and pull up worms. We had a hawk visit our humble abode this week too. In front of my own eyes I can see these birds being fed and satisfied and here the bible tells us that we are of more value to God than the birds of the air. God fed the Israelites in the wilderness and He fed the 5 thousand. God commanded the ravens to feed Elijah by a brook and fed him in the wilderness. God himself clothed Adam and Eve with skins.
Psalm 34:10
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Matthew 6:31-32
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
God's ways may not be our ways and we may see things happening differently in our lives but He is in control and working everything out in our lives. The ways may be unusual and unforeseeable but they are governed by an all seeing and all powerful God who loves us beyond comprehension. I can only pray that God will help me to keep my faith steadfast in Him even when our future paths remain hidden.
I wrote this post a week ago and had to stop due to other commitments and within that time God has shown me once again that he has everything under control. Mr Faithful has been offered a job. Praise be to Him, the Provider!
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