August 24, 2021 … He Is Enough …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 236 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from a service where the worshippers are singing  … Jehovah Jireh - Our Provider … poignantly singing of how our God is the provider of all our needs for His glory.

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Highlight Passage:  Genesis 1:29 [NLT] …  

29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.  …

… God declares to Adam and Eve [and to us] that He has created all they [and we] would need to live.                

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Genesis 1:11-13, 29-30 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  God creates and provides all the food Adam and Eve would need to live.       

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:31-33[NLT] … USE THIS LINK  ...

… preaches to His followers and disciples (and that’s us!!) that our Heavenly Father provides all our needs when we’re willing to seek and follow God’s ways of righteousness.

Reference Passage: … Luke 12:24 [NLT] … 

24 Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to Him than any birds! 

… Jesus teaches His followers (and us) that our Heavenly Father feeds the birds He created; so, how much more would he provide for mankind, His most glorious creation.  

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 9:8 [NLT] … 

8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.  

… God, thru Paul, promises to be our Provider.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:19 [NLT] … 

19 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. 

… Paul assures fellow believers of God’s generous and glorious provision. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Poh Fang Chia, AT THIS LINK  … tells of being deep in a lush forest in China and seeing some glorious sights of God’s creation when their local traveling companions decided to have a picnic. However, the group had not planned ahead and brought provisions for a picnic. But, … the local Chinese group went into the wooded forest area and brought back several types of fruits and vegetables, … plenty enough to provide for the picnic. 

The incident reminded the ODB author that our God is the Provider of all we need, as is supported by the truth of the Scriptures above. As our God would supply the needs of Adam and Eve (see the highlight passage), He is our Jehovah Jireh, Who will supply all of our needs as well.  Unfortunately, we often get our “needs” confused with our (selfish) “wants.”  

But, as is promised in the linked song; and again by Jesus and the Apostle Paul in the References Scriptures above, we need not ever worry; because our God truly is our “Jireh,” and He will supply the needs of anyone and everyone who trusts our God to give born-again believers what we need.   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for always giving me what I need in this life.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to thank You, Lord, for being our Provider.    … Amen 

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.