A Thousand Ways To Provide

Hey, Y'all,

Interestingly, we seem to have struck a nerve with the last RST as I've gotten a lot of feedback on it (should serve to remind us that it's a big ol' boat and all of us are on it, huh?)(and speaking of boat...tune in tomorrow for more). Here's the same quote but in a different context...

"Worry is blind, and cannot discern the future; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to bring relief. ‘No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.’ Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme will find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet."
Desire of Ages, p 330

Brings to mind, of course, a passage we've discussed numerous times (and it bears repeating again here):

"So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the unbelievers run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own" Matthew 6:31-34.

All of chapter 6 (and for that matter 5 and 7 as well) are a phenomenal read--check them out!--but I especially love verse 27's pointed question: "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Yikes! How true is that?!?

You've been prayed for today...