Who Will Meet All Your Needs?
August 24
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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