Provided

ALL – Psalm 18:37-50
ALL – Proverbs 4:11-13
OT – Genesis 44:1-45:28
NT – Matthew 14:13-36

Have you ever been in debt? You look at the $5 bill in your wallet, knowing that your debt is so much more, and you kind of wish you could just multiply your money and pay the whole thing off. And then your mind starts to wander as you daydream about what kinds of things you could provide for your wife and kids if you had the ability to multiply money. It’s a nice dream. But at the end of it, you come back to reality remembering that you’re not a super-human money-multiplier, that you’re limited, that sometimes needs are greater than your ability to meet them.

Jesus, on the other hand. . . Jesus can provide exactly what is needed at a moment’s notice. Jesus is God. Jesus has authority over the whole creation. If He wants to meet a need, He meets it.

Then he told the people to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and two fish, looked up into the sky and asked God’s blessing on the meal, then broke the loaves apart and gave them to the disciples to place before the people. And everyone ate until full! And when the scraps were picked up afterwards, there were twelve basketfuls left over! (About 5,000 men were in the crowd that day, besides all the women and children.) – Matthew 14:19-21, The Living Bible

We men like to be good providers. But no one can provide like Jesus. No one else is God. Creation obeys no one else. Things that aren’t become things that are, just because Jesus tells them to. Too Little becomes Too Much. Hunger becomes Satisfied. Empty becomes Full. Exhausted becomes Invigorated. Discouraged becomes Bold. Poor becomes Rich. Weak becomes Strong. Dead becomes Living. Sinner becomes Saint. What we need, Jesus provides. As men who like to see others provided for, our wisest work is to introduce people to Jesus. Then we, the limited, can sit back and joyfully watch our God meet people’s needs.

What has Jesus provided for you?

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