God’s Will Supply All Our Needs
My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 NIV
What a promise this is for the Christian! The source is God—“my God,” the apostle calls Him. The supply is inexhaustible—“according to his glorious riches.” And the Savior is the channel through whom these riches come to us. The equation is totally in my favor. My needs are balanced over against His riches. There is no way I could improve upon that arrangement. No matter what my need, He is more than able to meet it. We are not to treat God as the anonymous writer puts it: “Some people treat God like they do a lawyer; they go to Him only when they are in trouble.”
I find that I need Christ just as much, and sometimes more, in my more exalted hours as I do in the times of difficulties, troubles, and adversity. Many times we make the mistake of thinking that Christ’s help is needed only for sickrooms or in times of overwhelming sorrow and suffering. This is not true. Jesus wishes to enter into every mood and every moment of our lives. He went to the wedding at Cana as well as to the home of Mary and Martha when Lazarus died. He wept with those who wept and rejoiced with those who rejoiced. Someone has said, “There are just as many stars in the sky at noon as at midnight, although we cannot see them in the sun’s glare.”
I seriously doubt if we will ever understand our trials and adversities until we are safely in heaven. Then when we look back we are going to be absolutely amazed at how God took care of us and blessed us even in the storms of life. We face dangers every day of which we are not even aware. Often God intervenes in our behalf through the use of His marvelous angels. I do not believe that anything happens to an obedient Christian by accident. It is all in God’s purpose. “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28 NIV).
Our Father and our God, I praise You for the delights of my life—the joys, the laughter, the celebrations, the blessings. I want my life to make You smile, Father. Help me to share my love and joy with others so they can know You too. Remind me to depend on You most when everything seems to be going well. With thanksgiving through Jesus. Amen.
Billy Graham, Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010).