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He has got this

He has got this

Romans 11:36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Matthew Henry said, “Of God as the spring and fountain of all, through Christ, God—man, as the conveyance, to God as the ultimate end. These three include, in general, all God’s causal relations to his creatures: of him as the first efficient cause, through him as the supreme directing cause, to him as the ultimate final cause; for the Lord hath made all for himself, Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.” What does your life revolve around? It will fall into two categories: self or God. If you have your eyes on the prizes of come with pride at the root of your goals, God is an afterthought. If in your humble heart you understand that your life flows through the provision from the sovereign God, your life will be focused on glorifying Him that holds in in his hands. It is a complete circle of life.

At some point in your Christian life, God will open your eyes to the understanding that He is truly in control of it. His design of Free Will allows you freedom to wander, but his control over all creation, allows His will to be accomplished in your life even when you stray. Only in the humble heart is this understanding gained and accepted, and in all of it He is glorified. When you truly try to live your life as He desires, you can even understand and glorify His grace and mercy by those examples as a witness to those He places before you. Christ has provided us the access to God through his sacrifice, and this may be shared as a testimony to others. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Everything in your life happens for a reason. In your prideful mind you want to argue with that. The Free Will that you were created with allows you to choose which paths you take. But you must understand those paths are placed before you by the Creator of them. If you are one that He is pursuing, He places those circumstances before you, and those in your path to encourage you. Matthew Henry explains, “God is all in all. All things in heaven and earth (especially those things which relate to our salvation, the things which belong to our peace) are of him by way of creation, through him by way of providential influence, that they may be to him in their final tendency and result.” You may be the one whom He is choosing to deliver the Gospel to a lost child; you may be the one who is receiving it. All of these things are God orchestrated circumstances that work into His eternal plan to deliver humanity from the grasp of sin.

 
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Posted by on May 3, 2013 in Daily Devotions

 

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Jehovah-Jireh” means “The LORD Will Provide

Jehovah-Jireh” means “The LORD Will Provide

Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of The Lord it shall be provided.”

Over the last 36 hours, the Lord has provided for my family. I cannot express the details, but the first was an answer to prayer for me, the second was an answer to prayer for my wife. Both were unexpected monetary gifts that answered a prayer of need. Both fulfilled God’s promise to us in so many ways. Are you placing your faith in God? Do you leave room to see God work or do you fill in all the gaps by yourself? You are glorified in that and never will see God’s provision in it; only your own.

God provided food for Israel that fell out of the sky for 40 years while wondering in the desert. Numbers 11:9 And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. They had never seen this food, much less how it appeared and disappeared. The logistics of the size of the Exodus of Israel into the desert are staggering, let alone feeding them for 40 years. God humbled them in the desert and showed them many things, yet they still were a prideful, stubborn people rebelling against their Provider. Deuteronomy 8:3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

God knows what you are facing today. He has either designed or allowed it, and He wants you to seek His guidance in it. He is in control of it all. How can you ever see God at work in your life if you don’t give up your life to Him? If you keep praying and spending time with Him in His Word, He will provide. How he provides may not be how you think he should, but He is a Sovereign God, and the Creator of all, and He knows best. Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

The true meaning of Genesis 22:14 is an example of Christ in the Old Testament. Of how God will provide a means to escape the punishment of sin through the blood of Christ on the Cross at Calvary. This example in Genesis speaks of great faith, and great sacrifice, and of God’s provision for eternal paradise with Him.

 
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Posted by on July 17, 2012 in Daily Devotions

 

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