20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh
in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the
church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Another thought that we’re given by Paul on God’s abundance
toward us is this one.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need
according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
And then, a promise by Jesus Christ Himself to His Jewish
disciples when He warns them about pursuing the wealth of this world system.
Mammon is a Syriac word personifying money and the financial system of the
world.
Matthew 6:19 ¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and
steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal: 21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if
therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness,
how great is that darkness! 24 No man
can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or
else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 ¶
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one
cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take
ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And
yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe
the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,
shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall
we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for
the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
According to the power of the Holy Spirit that lives inside
each believer God by virtue of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ on the
Cross at Calvary and His resurrection from the dead can and will provide what
we need in a far greater and more abundant way than we can ask or even think.
Our problem is that we want and think we need some worldly things that are
destined to burn up in the conflagration that will precede the creation of the
new Heavens and the new Earth before we seek the Kingdom of God or without
seeking it at all.
2Peter 3:8 ¶ But, beloved, be
not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 ¶
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance. 10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up.
11 ¶
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of
the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Throughout all ages of future time, throughout eternity, the
church will be the glory of God as He shows His love and kindness to a called
out assembly of Jews and Gentiles whom He has made spiritually alive and
granted eternal life with Him.
Ephesians 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
But, right now, God is capable of providing everything you
need. If you take the view from eternity what you need right now is a deeper
and better understanding of who God is, what He has done, and what His will is.
It is very important for a Bible believing Christian to read through his or her
copy of the Authorized Version also
called the King James Version or King James Bible from cover to cover
repeatedly.
The Bible is the principal way that God speaks to the
believer. This is in direct contradiction to the humanist whose principal
guiding light comes from his or her conscience. But, we believe that sin can
sear the conscience and make it unresponsive to God’s calling so the
postivist’s “Inner Light” is usually just inner darkness. It is beneficial and
good to read the Bible without commentary, to read it with good commentaries,
to do Bible studies, and to listen to good preaching that is faithful to
doctrine and the word itself. Good preaching also has the benefit of calling
you to action or contemplation, imparting information about God and God’s will
you had not thought about or knew or perhaps reviving a cold spirit into a
renewed faith and purpose. It is a vehicle by which God can speak to your
spiritual heart.
Bible reading is the foremost means by which a believer
allows the Holy Spirit, unfiltered, into his or her spiritual heart to change
and mold, to sanctify the believer into the man or woman that God wants them to
be. Of course, like being affected by preaching, this result requires that the
person believe what he or she is hearing or reading and wanting to be changed
by it. It is also a great thing to listen to the Bible on CD or other device
like an Mp3.
God has abundant riches to offer you if you are submitted to
His words written in His Book applied to your heart each day. But, He can and
will supply all of your needs today. Look to Him first.
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