Good
Day!
I will be posting almost daily supportive thoughts. Todays thoughts are on Supply, God's style:
In studying
John 6:1-14 Jesus fed the multitudes with five loaves of barley bread and 2
small fish. When everyone was filled they went around picking up the leftover
fragments. It was 12 baskets full that
remained over and above the food that had been eaten!
How? Gratitude, understanding, acceptance,
knowledge, that there is nothing impossible to God and that God fulfils all
need.
In Matthew
Henry Bible Commentary it states, “All of our comforts come to us originally
from the hand of Christ; whoever brings them, it is he [God] that sends them.”
“Divine Love
always has met and always will meet every human need.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures.
When we
study the Holy Bible, we find divine rules like the rule Mary Baker Eddy
presented and Jesus demonstrated. These
rules, applied to our daily needs, manifests supply in all ways, health,
wealth, guidance, direction. By
demonstrating these rules we become accepting that these rules are for everyone
to experience and enjoy. Gratitude for
what we already have makes us ready to receive more. But what we receive are spiritual ideas
because God is Spirit. These spiritual
ideas, then in turn bring us all that we need, in the here and now.
Jesus showed
time after time small demonstrations to magnitudes larger than what we
sometimes can imagine daily needed supply. When he did it, he gave thanks to
God before the demonstration. He also not only hoped but expected the perfect
answer to supply whatever was needed.
At times it
seems very hard to be grateful in the middle of fear, concern, what seems to be
large lack. But Jesus revealed to us
that he/we are never in actual lack because God is right here with us,
evidencing His proof of constant care.
This is a spiritual idea, because God is Spirit, spiritual. What we have to do is look up to Him, give
thanks, acknowledge His abilities and understand that it is a Divine Rule for
all to demonstrate and that we can.
One of the
best ways to do this is to stop thinking we have to be God, that it is
personally up to us to come up with some kind of supply be it money, food, adequate
shelter, clothing, job, etc. God is God
and He knows what we need. He shows us
what He has prepared for us. He gives to
us all that we need every moment. What
we NEED to do is to turn to Him and get out of the way. All of the struggles that we put ourselves
through is because we lack the knowledge that God is already doing everything.
When we look
to God, accept His perfect care, are grateful, ready, and understand the truth
that God is doing all and caring for all, we can see the demonstration as
quickly as Jesus did in seeing the multitudes being fed. We must look to God without outlining the HOW,
WHEN, WHERE it will be done and by whom humanly it will be brought to us and
when. This closes the infinite
multitudinous avenues that God, Spirit, has at His disposal. We must open our thought to the vast array of
ways God has and just be grateful and ready and patient.
Need
something? Go to God. For it is said,
“seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.” (Matt 6:33)
Seek God and His ways. Be
grateful that He is doing all for you and everyone. Love this knowledge and understand that all
comes from God. Watch how HE DOES it and
rejoice. Share this knowledge with
others. Return to the place of gratitude
that brings peace and watch how this Divine Rule may be demonstrated in your
own life.
God is
here. He is giving to all. He does have all that we need. We can see this evidenced in our lives.
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