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God's Financial Provision: Ask Him for
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by Rick Warren
"You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, His
generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus"
(Philippians 4:19 MSG).
There is an amazing, incredible, and all-encompassing promise in
Philippians 4:19 (NIV) regarding provision: "...God will meet all your needs
according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
Note the first two words: "God will..." It doesn't say, "He might meet your
needs," it says, "He will meet your needs." It's written as a fact; God is
staking His character and His reputation on it.
Then the Bible says, "God will meet all..." It doesn't say, "I'll meet some
of your needs." It says "all."
Now, understand that it doesn't say, "I'll meet all your greeds." There's a
big difference between needs and wants. As a parent, do you give your kids
everything they want? I hope you don't. You don't do that because you love
them. And your heavenly Father loves you. He's not going to give you
everything you want because if He did, you'd be spoiled to death.
He won't give us everything we want, but he will give us everything we need.
Then why do you have financial needs? Did God fail? Did he lie? Did he
exaggerate?
No! With every promise, there is a premise—there are conditions and
requirements. When God makes a promise, he says, "I'll do my part and you do
your part." God's financial wisdom is clearly laid out for us in His Word.
Although the Bible discusses many aspects of financial health—including
principles of saving, spending, giving, investing, and stewardship—over the
next few days we're going to look at five specific conditions for financial
stability.
First, ask for His help. Jesus says, "Ask, using My name, and you will
receive, and you will have abundant joy" (John 16:24 NLT). Here's a good
rule: Before you pay for it, pray for it. Give God a chance to provide
before you go out and charge it. You probably depend more on your charge
card than you do on Jesus Christ.
Why does God want me to ask? So He can give.
Why does He want to give? So I can receive.
Why does He want me to receive? So I'll be full of joy.
Why does He want me to be full of joy? It's a great advertisement for Jesus
Christ. Joyful Christians are a positive testimony.
Tomorrow we'll look at contentment, another condition for answered prayer.
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