Our No Limits God

How often that we looked at our bank account and wondered if we would have the means to cover all the bills we had to pay. Many times it seemed there was way more month than there was money to go the distance.

Then I was independent as a widow and having to bear the responsibility of all those bills myself. I was even more vigilant about sticking to my budget because it was just me handling my budget. I remembered this scripture that gave me confidence.

“But remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to your ancestors, as it is today” (Deuteronomy 8:18).

God’s Word teaches that God is the source of our finances. He is the One who provides for our needs.

So what does that mean? It means that instead of looking to our employer or social security or our savings account, we look to God. It means that we don’t look to anyone or anything other than God to provide for our needs.

That is trusting in His unlimited supply. We can think about it this way: When we turn the handles at our sink, we know the water doesn’t actually come FROM the faucet. The water comes THROUGH the faucet.

My lightning fast mind had to check out where our water comes from. Good Morning, Dr. Google! Seems the water flowing from our tap may come from hundreds of miles away. Public water systems are most often supplied by surface water or ground water. Large cities and towns usually get their water from surface water supplies or a mix of surface and ground water supplies. Some small, rural communities rely solely on ground water supplies, which may or may not require treatment to meet drinking water standards.

If we don’t get our water from a public water system, we most likely have a private ground water well. I read that around 13 million U.S. households get their drinking water from a private well. And, we ALL receive it through the faucet.

In the same way, the income that God wants to give us may come through a job or through something or someone else. But the source is always God.

Good news is we don’t need to worry about which faucet God uses to supply our needs. In a sense He says, “If I turn off one faucet, I can just as easily turn on another. If you lose one job, I can give you another. Your job isn’t your source. Your bank account isn’t your source. I am your source.”

Worrying about anything reveals the places where we aren’t trusting God. Worrying about our finances is one of those places. Whatever the case may be, we ask God to help us understand what causes us to not trust Him. Then we ask Him to teach us to start trusting Him more than ever before.

Sincerely, having those little “talks with Jesus” keep the worries down and the praising and thanking Him for the answers we need goes up. I know those talks have given me hope and great expectation that everything’s gonna’ be alright.

‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take Him at His Word
Just to rest upon His promise
Just to know, “Thus saith the Lord”

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
Oh, for grace to trust Him more