{"id":523,"date":"2020-05-11T14:56:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:06:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:06:35","slug":"trusting-god-for-provision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/11\/trusting-god-for-provision\/","title":{"rendered":"Trusting God for provision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anticipating the fallout from Covid 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Well, lockdown has eased enough to allow us to get out and\nabout from 6-9am every morning within a five kilometre radius of our residence.\nIt is wonderful to get some real exercise and to see everyone else enjoying the\nbeautiful autumn weather here in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s next?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Yet, while we appreciate the newfound freedom, there is\napprehension in the air over the fallout from the lockdown and a deep desire to\nbe back to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I wonder if ‘normal’ will be what we knew it to be\nbefore Covid 19? And do we really want that? Many people have expressed how\nmuch they’ve enjoyed extra family time, time to spend on their hobbies.\nLikewise, the resurgence of wild life and cleansing of our atmosphere and\nrivers has shown us just how much we are damaging our world in our scramble for\n“stuff”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been sacrificing what’s important for material ‘stuff’<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It has made many of us realise that actually, we are sacrificing\nthings of true value  to earn the money we\nneed to sustain a lifestyle and provide for the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lesson from George Muller<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This is not a modern problem, though perhaps it is worse than it has been in the past. No doubt many of you have heard of George Muller<\/a>? Starting in 1836, without soliciting for funds, he built five orphanages at an estimated cost of \u00a3100,000 each. He purely trusted God to provide. In his lifetime he cared for over 10,000 orphans, giving them a fine education and finding employment for them. He also founded schools, distributed over 280,000 Bibles and nearly 1.5 million New Testaments. Without any government assistance and with no fund raising of any kind, it is estimated that over \u00a31.3 million (about \u00a3103 million in todays terms) passed through his institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have probably heard of him, but did you know his motive\nfor starting the first orphanage was to demonstrate to his parishioners that\nthey could trust God to provide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He saw the menfolk working long hours, neglecting quality time with their families to provide for them (sound familiar?) and filled with anxiety over their future. George Muller had been living by faith, trusting God for his own needs. He held no collection each Sunday, but merely had a box at the back of his church where people could place money if they desired. He never made his needs known, save to God. And he saw God come through all the time. He wanted his parishioners to learn to trust God in the same way, so he started an orphanage as a living demonstration of what God can do. And God was faithful providing far beyond his humble beginnings of an orphanage in his own home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God speaks loudly through His Word<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The book of Isaiah is filled with exhortations to trust God\nin the midst of trouble. He predicts problems for those who deny Him and chase\nafter other ways of sorting out their troubles, but is full of assurance to\nthose who trust Him. Listen to this, as an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 33: 14 “The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the state of many hearts in this present crisis. Yet\nhear His word to those who faithfully trust Him and walk in His ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vs. 15 “He who walks righteously and speaks what is right” … (<\/em>words of faith)... “who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes”…….<\/em>.(are committed to God and His ways)“……..his bread will be supplied and water will not fail him.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe God is giving us an opportunity to trust Him as\nnever before. Let’s prove ourselves faithful in trusting Him so that He can\nprove Himself faithful in providing for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anticipating the fallout from Covid 19 Well, lockdown has eased enough to allow us to get out and about from 6-9am every morning within a five kilometre radius of our residence. It is wonderful to get some real exercise and to see everyone else enjoying the beautiful autumn weather here in South Africa. What’s next? … <\/p>\n

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