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CAN I REALLY TRUST GOD TO PROVIDE WHAT I NEED? ex. 16:1-3

From cover to cover, the Bible brims over with God's promises to provide for our needs. Our heavenly father always, always loves, always remains generous toward his children.

In the first few chapters of Genesis, the Lord gives the first man and woman a perfect garden. In Revelation, we read about our ultimate home, a perfect and eternal heaven. In all the books between, we read how God delights in blessing His people. At the very outset of the New Testament, we read how God sent his son, Jesus Christ, as his ultimate gift of blessing to provide what we need most of all: forgiveness of sin and restored fellowship with God.

When you limit yourself to your own ability and resources, you run out of both commodities very quickly. But when you focus your faith on what God can do for you, you discover an infinite supply that cannot be measured or depleted. God's resources are 100 percent inflation-proof and recession-proof.

The very nature of God gives you assurance of his abundant provision. God is:

.Omniscient-the Lord knows your need. He knows it even better than you do and before you do.(matt. 6:8).

.Omnipitent- the Lord has all power to supply to you whatever you need(Phil. 4:19)

.Omnipresent- the Lord is at work even now to meet your needs(ps.34:7,8).

Not only do you have the character of God as your assurance that He is going to provide for you, but you also have the testimony of God's past performance in providing for His people. The Scriptures repeatedly point to Him as a faithful Source of life. Consider just a few examples from the Book of Exodus:

-He made a way for His people to cross the Red Sea and find deliverance from their enemies.

-He provided manna for the people to eat in the wilderness.

-He caused water to gush forth from a rock to quench the peoples thirst.

-He gave His commandements to His people, even when they lacked moral fiber.

-He healed His people when poisonous snakes struck them.

As the Israelites left behind the only "home" they had ever known, in Egypt, God provided for all their needs. He provided for their protection, their basic physical necessities (food and water), spiritual grounding, and healing. He does the same for us today!