There are two kinds of people in the world: those who come into a room and say, Here I am! and those who come into a room and say, Ah, there you are! (Anonymous)
At the moment I have all I need, more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable to God and pleases him. And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
(Philippians 4:19 NLT)
My God shall supply all my needs. The revelation that this Scripture verse is working in my life is a daily awareness. For years as a Christian I passed over this verse not really giving it much thought. Thats the way life is when we are self-sufficient and doing for ourselves, but let something happen in our lives where we have to be dependent on God and others, and we will see how much God supplies all our needs. Tomorrow I have a date in court. I will stand before the judge in my county court to get my drivers license reinstated. In December 1996 they took my license for DWIs, they took my driving privileges for ten years. Tomorrow after eight years and three months of working a program of recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, and by the grace of a loving God in my life, I look forward to going to court. I have never before looked forward to going to court, my how things have changed. For over the past eight years I have ridden a bicycle to get around. In the rural community I live in, most people recognize me as the fellow on the bicycle with the headphones and bandana. It has been a humbling experience to spend the entire time from age fifty-two to sixty on a bicycle. During this time if I needed to go somewhere of distance I would have to hire people to drive me. Many friends volunteered their services also, and for this I am truly grateful. My point in telling this is to tell of how God has supplied all my needs. All my needs have been provided since I have made it a priority in my life to be clean and sober, and to daily seek God. In the past eight years I have lacked for nothing! I mean nothing! I have not once been hungry. I have not been broke. I have not once needed clothing or shoes. I have always had a roof over my head. I have always had electricity and fuel for heating. I have always had the items needed for cleansing, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, razors, and deodorant. I have not so much in the past eight years even ran out of toilet paper. I have absolutely lacked for nothing! I have always been able to get to church, meetings, and anywhere I needed to go. I have not lacked having good friends in my life and people who really love God and care about each other. When I was driving and living a life based on self-centeredness, I always seemed to run out of stuff. At times when in the grips of my addictions I found myself hungry, angry, lonely, tired, broke, sad, sick, sorry, depressed and disgusted. It is so ironic as I look back over the past ten years and realize how they should have been the worst of my life, and yet just the opposite is true. They have actually been the best years of my life. My God shall supply all my needs through His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. God has done for me what I could not do for myself JRE
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know a new peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which use to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 83-84)
At the moment I have all I need, more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable to God and pleases him. And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
(Philippians 4:19 NLT)
My God shall supply all my needs. The revelation that this Scripture verse is working in my life is a daily awareness. For years as a Christian I passed over this verse not really giving it much thought. Thats the way life is when we are self-sufficient and doing for ourselves, but let something happen in our lives where we have to be dependent on God and others, and we will see how much God supplies all our needs. Tomorrow I have a date in court. I will stand before the judge in my county court to get my drivers license reinstated. In December 1996 they took my license for DWIs, they took my driving privileges for ten years. Tomorrow after eight years and three months of working a program of recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, and by the grace of a loving God in my life, I look forward to going to court. I have never before looked forward to going to court, my how things have changed. For over the past eight years I have ridden a bicycle to get around. In the rural community I live in, most people recognize me as the fellow on the bicycle with the headphones and bandana. It has been a humbling experience to spend the entire time from age fifty-two to sixty on a bicycle. During this time if I needed to go somewhere of distance I would have to hire people to drive me. Many friends volunteered their services also, and for this I am truly grateful. My point in telling this is to tell of how God has supplied all my needs. All my needs have been provided since I have made it a priority in my life to be clean and sober, and to daily seek God. In the past eight years I have lacked for nothing! I mean nothing! I have not once been hungry. I have not been broke. I have not once needed clothing or shoes. I have always had a roof over my head. I have always had electricity and fuel for heating. I have always had the items needed for cleansing, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, razors, and deodorant. I have not so much in the past eight years even ran out of toilet paper. I have absolutely lacked for nothing! I have always been able to get to church, meetings, and anywhere I needed to go. I have not lacked having good friends in my life and people who really love God and care about each other. When I was driving and living a life based on self-centeredness, I always seemed to run out of stuff. At times when in the grips of my addictions I found myself hungry, angry, lonely, tired, broke, sad, sick, sorry, depressed and disgusted. It is so ironic as I look back over the past ten years and realize how they should have been the worst of my life, and yet just the opposite is true. They have actually been the best years of my life. My God shall supply all my needs through His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. God has done for me what I could not do for myself JRE
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know a new peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which use to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 83-84)
