But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19).
There are two handles by which we may take hold of our tomorrows: anxiety and faith. Which shall it be? Here is God's promise, Heaven's checkbook--all our needs are to be supplied, according to His riches. Not necessarily our wants and desires, but our needs.
Think of Pastor Harms with his little church of poor peasants at Hermannsburg supporting 357 missionaries in 30 years. When asked how they did it, his reply was that they depended upon the divine draft, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory."
Frank Lloyd Wright undertook the "impossible" task of building the immense Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, a land of terrible earthquakes. Eight feet below the surface of the earth he found a 60-foot bed of soft mud. After four years of work amid ridicule and jeers, he was successful in floating his great structure upon this strange foundation. There it was, perfectly balanced. Soon the worst earthquake in 52 years shook down many houses and buildings nearby, but amid the ruins the Imperial Hotel stood. It could adjust itself to the tremors of the earth.
When we place ourselves in the hands of God, we are safe in all life's crises and storms. God specializes in crises. The apostle Paul was sure that the Lord would supply all the needs of the Philippians, and we can be sure that He will supply ours, too. The God of the early church is our God today. His riches of grace are large, but what shall we say of His riches in glory?
"I believe in faith as much as anyone," says one, "but you must have the money in the bank." We agree, if it is God's bank, supplying God's people by Christ Jesus.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee: and thy righteousness to the upright in heart" (Ps. 36:10).
There are two handles by which we may take hold of our tomorrows: anxiety and faith. Which shall it be? Here is God's promise, Heaven's checkbook--all our needs are to be supplied, according to His riches. Not necessarily our wants and desires, but our needs.
Think of Pastor Harms with his little church of poor peasants at Hermannsburg supporting 357 missionaries in 30 years. When asked how they did it, his reply was that they depended upon the divine draft, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory."
Frank Lloyd Wright undertook the "impossible" task of building the immense Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, a land of terrible earthquakes. Eight feet below the surface of the earth he found a 60-foot bed of soft mud. After four years of work amid ridicule and jeers, he was successful in floating his great structure upon this strange foundation. There it was, perfectly balanced. Soon the worst earthquake in 52 years shook down many houses and buildings nearby, but amid the ruins the Imperial Hotel stood. It could adjust itself to the tremors of the earth.
When we place ourselves in the hands of God, we are safe in all life's crises and storms. God specializes in crises. The apostle Paul was sure that the Lord would supply all the needs of the Philippians, and we can be sure that He will supply ours, too. The God of the early church is our God today. His riches of grace are large, but what shall we say of His riches in glory?
"I believe in faith as much as anyone," says one, "but you must have the money in the bank." We agree, if it is God's bank, supplying God's people by Christ Jesus.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee: and thy righteousness to the upright in heart" (Ps. 36:10).
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