Christ longs to
provide for every difficulty, and for all our needs. He is not just a partial
provider. Whatever our need, He provides completely....if we allow it. He yearns
for us to trust Him alone. To receive all that He has for me, I must empty
myself of all my desires, my fears, my worries, my attempts, and my struggles.
When I stop struggling to fix whatever is wrong and allow Him to have it, I can
have the supernatural peace that only He supplies. (Philippians 4:6-7). Usually
we don't realize that all of our useless human attempts to make things right
only frustrate us more. We keep so much from our God. All He wishes is for us to
let go of what we hold so tightly in order that we may receive from Him. If we
hold back, we reveal fear of the future and lack of trust in His love. If we
keep anything from Him, we do not trust Him completely.
His provision is
our divine supply. A divine supply is exactly what it says it is. It is divine.
It is holy. It is powerful. It is complete, and above anything we can humanly
imagine. When we ask Him to help us, we must totally trust Him. If I genuinely
cry out for His help, He will answer my prayer. Sometimes He must rip whatever I
have placed my trust in away from me.... in order to save me. The pain of that
separation from my human effort can be terribly difficult, but absolutely
necessary for me to learn to trust Him. As I become more and more helpless in my
attempts to save myself, I become more and more at His mercy. At His mercy is
exactly where I need to be. That is where I find that His grace is more than
sufficient for whatever is ahead. That is where I learn complete trust, and the
ability to empty myself again and again so I many receive His unending
supply.
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure,
pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.
For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Luke 6:38). Whatever
I give away, I will receive more in return. If I give Him my fears, worries, my
own efforts and struggles, I will receive His provision and His peace. If I give
away all of myself, I will receive all the bounty He has for me. If I
continually “empty this vessel”, He will faithfully fill it with Himself
“running over and poured into my lap”. The faithful supply which He pours into
my life, shall run over into the lives of others. In my giving everything to Him
and sharing His supply with others, I will receive more and more. His divine
supply will then be constant, and I will always be full.
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