On Sunday my Pastor Al Ray preached a great message in which the past few days I have been sharing his main points with you and adding my own commentary (Yes, I received permission.)
He related a story of a woman traveling on business. Her cab ran late due to driver inability to go the correct direction. She ran into the airport to check in and found that her flight has been delayed. She then purchases a “Kit Kat” bar and sits down with her stuff stacked on the table next to her. She turns away and turns back to find a rather large, rough looking man eating her “Kit Kat” bar. She is so angered that she reaches over and grabs a piece of it. The man breaks off another piece. This plays out until it is gone. The man goes and gets another. As he begins to enjoy it, the lady grabs another piece as she is thinking, “We ate mine. Now we can eat yours.” The entire scenario plays out again. The woman’s flight arrives and as she is gathering her belongings to board the plane she spots her “Kit Kat” in her purse. She never said a word.
I shared this lengthy story because I want to look at God’s provision. We need to trust in His presence, His provision, His promises, and His person. That is the four days all rolled up into one.
Having been near the bottom of the barrel many times over the past twenty years I understand about God’s provision. There have been times that it seemed that the end was not just near; but, upon us. Then God in His miraculous way came through again to provide.
Our problem is that we have no idea the difference between our wants and our needs. We need daily food to live. We need oxygen to live. I want an eight thousand dollar digital camera. I want a five bedroom house in a steady climate of sixty-eight degrees every day of the year. See the difference.
Some people want something to eat. Some people want a warm bed to sleep in. What are your wants and what are your needs? Do you know the difference? Jesus knows our deepest needs and wants to provide them for us. He will provide our needs and He can transform our wants to be His wants. There is the “pay dirt”. God make my wants Your wants!
In John 14 and the last part of verse two He puts it this way: John 14:2, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” That is the provision of God and we can bank on it!
So, how are you doing?