MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED

First of all let us ask ourselves the question: Who will supply all the needs?

The verse says: My God! 

It doesn't say: Your job. Your government. It clearly says: MY God.

Let's ask another question: Who is this God?

Well, He is the same God...The God of Abraham, Isaac, Moses, Joseph, Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego, Daniel, and David...Paul of the New Testament.

Let's take one person at a time and see how God blessed them. Now, please dislodge this from your mindset that blessing has always to do with money.

Let's look at Abraham: 

God spoke with Abraham to leave his country and his people and to go to a far place which He would show him. Now Abraham heard the voice and was obedient. 

God gave him the land of Canaan and put him to a test. There was a famine in the land. This time Abraham chooses to go his way and he along with his wife decided to go to Egypt. We don't see anywhere God telling him to do so. He decided to move on his own. Now fear creeps in because his wife was very beautiful and as expected she was picked up by Pharaoh’s officials. 

Look at what this man does...the man with whom God had spoken. He lies about his wife...says she's his sister. 

Question is, where was his trust in God? He was being manipulative, thinking he could fend for himself.

 They treated Abraham well and gave him sheep, cattle, camels, and maid servants. 

Long story short....Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham and they return with all the gifts. Abraham became very wealthy but his lack of faith in God almost caused him to lose his wife.

So far what do we learn?

Today, we should learn to trust Him completely and not resort to our own way of doing things that we know for sure goes against God's plan for us. Abraham almost destroyed the agreement with God when he made this trip to Egypt.

There was a covenant between him and God and in exchange for his obedience, God would make him a great nation. He would bless him and make his name great. In turn Abraham would be a blessing to others.

I love what it says in Genesis 13:4- To the place of the altar which he had made there at the first and there Abraham called on the name of the Lord.

Abraham remembers his God. He knew he disappointed his God.

He goes back to the place where he was there first. And what does he do?

He calls on the name of the Lord! 

What happens when we call upon the name of the Lord?

The Bible says: We will be saved!! We will be blessed!

The promises to Abraham were both physical and spiritual in nature. Abraham was blessed with a son (Isaac) in his old age. God said his descendants would be like the stars of the heaven, and the sand which is on the seashore.

The spiritual blessing is the fulfilling of Christ's coming as a descendant of Abraham, through whom people from all nationalities may receive Salvation.

Abraham knew his God. His God knew Abraham!

Dear reader, when it says: My God shall supply. We've got to make sure we have a personal relationship with this God whom Abraham knew. We've got to be obedient to God when He asks us to do something...And let's not try and manipulate God, rather let's wait on Him because He will supply all you need (Note: It doesn't say what we want!). He knows what we need!

These supplies are both physical as well as spiritual! And it is given always for His glory!