Remember the Lord Your God

In 2007 the church I was working at closed it's doors and I found myself without a job.  As many of you have experienced during the economic downturn, losing a job can be a stressful time.  At that time the Lord took me to the passage where he provided daily bread for the Isrealites.

Exodus 16:4  ⁴Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

The Lord taught Emily and I that He was and is our daily provider.  Whether it be money or food or whatever, God is our daily provider.  As a result of this truth Emily and I began saying a new prayer.  Whether it be a meal or when we give our offering we pray this prayer; "Jesus that you for your provision today, we trust you to provide for us tomorrow."  When I realize that all I have, from my health to my wealth, comes from the Lord it gives me perspective.  He is the Sovereign Lord Creator of The Universe and Savior of my soul.  Who am I?  A sinner, a beggar, unworthy. I am grateful for his provision.  Take a moment to read the following passage:

Deuteronomy 8:2-10 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. ³And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. ⁴ Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. ⁵Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. ⁶So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. ⁷For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, ⁸a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, ⁹a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. ¹⁰And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.

Take time this weekend to reflect on all the Lord has given you.  Spend time writing out a list of all the things God has given you, all the ways He has blessed you, list ways He has/is providing, list relationships, thank Him for all things big and all things small. 

I love verse 7-10 because it shows the reward for walking in God's ways and fearing Him.  He will bring us into a good land, we will lack nothing, we will eat and be full and we will bless Him because we have seen his mighty hand work in our lives.

May you be obedient to trust the Lord for your daily provision.

Patrick