Who
Will Meet All Your Needs?
And my God will meet all your needs
according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19
It was 1980, several years before I
allowed God back into my life. Until then I didn’t realize playing
the lottery wasn’t the best way to invest my family’s finances.
We played the big jackpot on a weekly basis, betting the same six
numbers every time.
The company I worked for had gone on
strike several weeks before, and we were down to our last five
dollars. Faced with the choice of buying milk for our two year old
son or placing that weekly five dollar bet, I stopped at the store
and used our remaining funds to purchase milk. Our son’s welfare
came before my hopes of hitting the lottery.
Curious, we watched the Saturday
evening drawing. The first number matched, then the second, and
third. We couldn’t believe it when the fourth and fifth numbers hit
as well! But when the sixth and final number matched, we just sat
there, wondering if Satan was being allowed to play a cruel joke on
us. For three years we had played the same numbers each week, never
hitting the big jackpot. Yet that day, when we had no money on the
line, our numbers came up, and the 1.7 million dollars that could
have been ours went unclaimed.
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Today’s story is true, and I have
never once regretted buying the milk. I don’t know how many times
I’ve told the story, but each time I do, I smile, because to tell
you the truth, considering the lifestyle I was living, getting that
much money would have been signing my death warrant. I believe God
was protecting me…and my family.
Sadly, many individuals, desperate to
find their way out of financial, moral, or emotional poverty, spend
their life chasing false hope.
Scripture tells us that there is only
One hope…and that He will meet all our needs. I believe that,
because from that day in 1980 to this, we have never gone without.
Our children even attended college, and are now on their own.
I can honestly say that my God has met
every need we ever had. My hope truly is in Christ Jesus. I pray
yours is also.
Prayer
“Bless You, Father, for
always giving us exactly what we need. Amen.”
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