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but with God’s promise to provide him provision to Abraham being confirmed,
safety, sustenance and most importantly expanded and developed throughout his
a seed by which the nations of the world life. By God’s grace, we too have come into
would be blessed. The Lord Jesus, in His a rich and ever-increasing spiritual provi-
“Sermon on the Mount,” would exhort us sion. We have been “called the children of
regarding our temporal provision, “Take God” (1Jn 3:1), “called to be saints” (Rom
no thought for your life … for your heav- 1:7), “called out of darkness” (1Pe 2:9),
enly Father knoweth that ye have need of “called unto the fellowship of his Son”
all these things” (Mat 6:25,32). While it is (1Co 1:9), among countless other spiritual
easy to become worried or disgruntled or blessings that exceed even what Abraham
even feel entitled to temporal things, every would have known.
physical blessing we do have, to our very
breath (Dan 5:23), is evidence of His daily God’s Eternal Provision
providing hand. Our life, with whatever Hebrews tells us that Abraham “looked
degree of physical ability and intellectual for a city” (Heb 11:10). Besides appreci-
capacity it possesses, is a token of His gra- ating the Lord’s temporal and spiritual
cious provision for us to use and develop provisions throughout his life, he had his
for His glory and our spiritual blessing. eyes focused beyond to an eternal provi-
As a result, all that we attain and possess sion. In the beginning of his walk with the
in life should be viewed as coming from Lord, he saw beyond Ur and its advanced
His hand as well, through the abilities and culture. During his pilgrimage, he saw
opportunities He has provided us. beyond his own nomadic life, amassed
Paul could give a wonderful encourage- army and substantial treasure. Amidst
ment to the Philippian believers in closing the pagan nations surrounding him, he
his joyful letter to them: “My God shall saw beyond their impressive civilizations
supply all your need according to his to an eternal provision, to a city with
riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Php 4:19). foundations, whose builder and maker is
God. His eternal perspective informed his
God’s Spiritual Provision walk of faith and regulated the use of all
For Abraham, his appreciation of the temporal blessings he was provided.
God’s spiritual provisions also began in While most of our little lives won’t scale
Ur and were intertwined with the Lord’s to Abraham’s significance in God’s pur-
temporal provisions. While not detailed poses, this eternal perspective is essential
in Scripture, Abraham would have, no and invaluable to every believer. It gives
doubt, sensed the vanity of his “mod- us the proper understanding of how to use
ern” culture and the futility of its empty now the temporal and spiritual blessings
religion. All this would remind him of that the Lord has given us, and points
his own innate frailty and sinfulness and us on in hope to the eternal provision to
cause his response to the call of the “God which they are directly connected!
of glory” whom alone he could know and Let the wonderful name of Jehovah Jireh
trust. This was the beginning of God’s pro- encourage you to reflect on and to engage
vision for him, but there was much more in all the Lord’s provisions for you today
to come! Genesis 13:14-17, 15:4-6, 17:10-14 and to look expectantly toward all that
and 22:15-18 describe God’s covenant and are to come.

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