God Provides

 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 

 

Remember when Moses led the Israelites through the wilderness for FORTY YEARS?  The Israelites were quite the bunch of complainers...weren't they?  They complained about not having water, so God provided water. They complained about not having food, so God provided manna.  Then they complained about having to eat manna every single day.  It sounded as though they weren't happy unless they were unhappily griping. To be honest, I would not be able to continue providing for that bunch. Yet God provided them with protection for them anyway.  

 

Over and over God provided for these ungrateful people.  Granted, God provided manna instead of a Taco Truck and He provided water instead of iced tea, but God never ever promised that He would grant our every desire, just out needs.  Finally, Moses reminded them of a couple of God's provisions they hadn't gotten around to complain about: "For all these forty years your clothes didn’t wear out, and your feet didn’t blister or swell" - Deuteronomy 8:4. Think about that!  For FORTY YEARS their clothes NEVER wore out! And all the walking they did during those FORTY YEARS, their shoes never wore out and their feet NEVER gave them trouble!

 

You see, God always provided their NEEDS, but not their "wants".  And He does that for us as well! The things we need, He provides!  Shouldn't we focus on being grateful for that?