Is Jesus really provider? If yes, why, many times, don’t we see His provision? (Part 2).

[Leonardo Von]

Is Jesus really provider? If yes, why, many times, don’t we see His provision? (Part 2).

Continuing…

2 – How our God will supply?

“According to His riches”. It isn’t in according to our miseries or the wealth of this world. But, what the Creator looks on being richness?

•    Rev 3:18 -> “I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.”.

a)    Gold refined by fire: the wisdom of Jesus (Prov 2:3-5; 3:13-15) and the Church (see Zech 13:9; Mal 3:6) after having her faith tried (1Pe 1:6,7).
b)    White garments: the acts of justice of the saints (Rev 19:8). It isn’t our acts of justice, but the acts of those who believes in Christ through our ministry.
For you understanding, although it is important we act righteously, the time that we glorify the Creator the most is when people are fair in virtue of what Christ is in their heart in consequence of the ministry of Jesus in our life.
c)    Salve to anoint the eyes: it is indispensable to have a perfect vision of the ongoings. We need to contemplate the heavenly kingdom (Eph 1:3; 2Pe 1:3) and rest in it (Eph 2:6). We need to see Christ wherever we go, whatever we do. In every circumstance, people need to see Jesus’ testimony in us and in everything we touch.

Not to mention His peace (which exceeds all understanding – Phil 4:7), joy and love (which overcomes the fear – 1John 4:18) is greater than death (Song 8:6,7; 1Cor 15:54).

3 – What will the Creator supply?

“ALL our NEEDS”. The Creator don’t promise to provide what we wish, but our real needs, that is to say, what we need to glorify His name. He doesn’t have compromise with our ambitions, let alone with the necessities which we create for ourselves (our addictions). If we don’t see His provision in our life is because, many times, we don’t know what we really need.

Many times, we are asking:

•    Stone to serve of stumble and scandal in our life (Mat 18:6,7), thinking that we are asking bread;
•    Serpent to bruise our heel (Gen 3:15), thinking that we are asking fish;
•    Scorpion to bite and poison us with a terrible pain (Rev 9:5), thinking that we are asking egg.

Nonetheless, He promised, in His model prayer (Mat 6:10) and in Matthew 6:33, to supply our real needs:

•    Mat 6:33 -> “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”.

And, we don’t need to concern about anything. He promised to provide ALL (and not only part) of our needs:

•    Heb 13:5,6 -> “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” “.

So, don’t mind if our necessity is big or small, He will grant what we need.

Have a good day giving up all your miseries (what you look on being wealth is only illusion and very small in comparison with the richness of His glory):

•    Rom 8:18,19 -> “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.”.

If even the creatures (animals, plants) long for the revelation of those who believe in Jesus, how much more us.