Verse of the Week: “Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me.” (Proverbs 30:8)
Truth of the Week: God knows what I am needful of, and I can rest in His sovereignty. He knows when I need green pastures and quiet waters to restore and encourage my soul and He knows when I need trials and adversity to deepen my faith, to expose my false saviors, and to lovingly shake me from my spiritual complacency. If it were left up to me (and I’m so very glad that it isn’t) my days would be filled with nothing but ease, void of conflict and free from difficulties. But God loves me too much to leave me in the shallow state that such a life would surely breed.
Each day I can be assured that God will feed me with what is needful for me. When I keep this truth in mind it truly does make a difference in how I respond to the moments that I encounter throughout the day. It helps me to enjoy the pleasant, yet still embrace the painful, knowing that both are from the hand of a wise and loving Father. I can be ever-confident that what He “feeds me” is always designed to reveal more of His glory to me and to reflect more of His glory through me, and in this I can rejoice.
Quote of the Week: “In all our comforts we must see His hand giving them out to us, and in all our crosses we must see the same hand laying them upon us, that we may learn to receive both good and evil and to bless the name of the Lord both when He gives and when He takes.” (Matthew Henry, Experiencing God’s Presence)