God will provide

Verses: Psalms 41: 1 - 13

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

The main thought that I feel when reading this is reassurance that no matter what is happening God will provide.  God will provide what we need if we will turn it over to God.  We have nothing to fear because God is our provider. 

The first verses talk about how God will provide for those that are poor, those that are sick, and those that have any hardships.  Listen closely people will take care of us if we ask God in our life.  We need not doubt God’s power.

This hit me personally.  I have been in what I thought were the roughest times in my life.  This last year has been very hard on me.  I had to have several surgeries.  I could no longer work.  I lost my income.  I had to fight to get my disability and long term insurance.  In all the mess my house went in foreclosure.  I had to start depending on food banks for part of my food.  It was a very hard time for me.

Yet, no matter how hard things got there always seem a light at the end of the tunnel.  I got to the point I accepted that I was sick.  That was the hardest part.  Once I accepted it I was able to go past it.  I am limited but not dead.  I might not be able to drive or walk without the threat of falling.  I might nave to watch what I eat and take a load of medicine.  Yet, I am here today.  If you have ever felt that fear of my body against me trust me you can get your mind to overlook it.

I finally was able to overcome the financial hardships also.  God worked a miracle and my house was saved and I was able to get through the fights for my disability.  I know that there are a lot of people that are much worse financially.  It was hard for me to have to reach out for help during that year.  Yet, things have changed.  I am now doing what I can do to help others.  It is simple things like giving food and donating items to be sold to help others.  I am able to donate my photos to help people who have different illnesses to raise money.  I have turned my life around because I realized that God provided for me the whole time.  It is amazing how little things would happen that kept us a float.  It is also great to have gotten the money to get my house back.  Now I am able to live and not just survive.

I know we all have been at one of these moments in our life.  A time when we felt nothing went our way.  We were getting sick, or losing our income, or losing our home.  Yet, there were things that happened that helped us survive.  I know you will say that there are still homeless, those that go hungry and people that are sick.  This is where I want you to realize that there are things that you can do to help.  The first thing is to lift them up to in prayer.  The second thing you can do is give what you can.  Find organizations that you can help. 

Think of it this way.  Jesus provides our needs and there is something that we can do to help others.  If we provide the necessities that are in access that God has given to us we are being Jesus for someone.  See God works through his people to help those in need.  This is just one of the ways God provides our needs.

Prayer:

God we thank you God for providing all of our needs.  God we thank you for being with us all the time.  God use us to help others.  God we praise you for we know that you will provide us all our needs.  Help us to always call on your name when our times of need.  In your Holy Name we pray. Amen

Questions:

Have you been in desperate situations?  Have you been able to overcome the impossible?  Have you felt the power of God?  Have you been Jesus for someone today?