I was feeling slightly overwhelmed over these last few days. First, I got a new phone in the beginning of the week and also found out that by God’s perfect and wonderful plan I had gotten accepted to The World Race. Then there was the whole “Oh, my gosh I only have two finals left for my undergrad!” As of Thursday I have (almost) completed my Bachelors degree. I still have one online class but I don’t think that counts. : – ) Anyways, while I’ve been trying to write my support letter I’ve gotten slightly overwhelmed by the daunting amount that I have to raise. I’ve been blessed by having a lot of people that I can write support letters to and different ideas and ways people are offering to help, but it still feels like these six months are going to go by and I won’t have enough support…
But then there is GRACE and PROVISION. This morning in my quiet time the Lord reminded me that He will always provide for me and for us. Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon has been a huge blessing for me. He writes:
“God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.” ~ 1 Timothy 6:17
Our Lord Jesus is always giving and does not for a single moment withdraw His hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be withheld. He is an ever-shining sun; He is manna in unfailing supply; He is arock in the desert, sending constant streams of life from His pierced side; the rain of His grace is always falling; the river of His bounty is ever-flowing, and the well-spring of His love is a constant tide. As the King can never die, so His grace can never fail. Every day we pluck His fruit, and every day His branches bend down to our hand with a fresh supply of mercy. There are seven feast-days in His weeks, and as many banquets in His years. Who has ever returned from His door unblessed? Who has ever risen from His table unsatisfied? His mercies are new every morning and fresh every evening. WHo can calculate the number of His benefits or value the extent of His provision? Every passing day we are the beneficiaries of a myriad of mercies. The wings of our hours are covered with the silver of His kindness and with the yellow gold of His affection. The river of time bears from the mountains of eternity the golden sands of His favor. The countless stars serve as the standard bearers of incalculable blessings. Who can measure the benefits that He bestows on His servant or recount the extent of His mercies towards His own? How shall my soul extol Him who loads us with daily benefits, and who crowns us with loving-kindness? O that my praise could be as endless as His provision. O miserable tongue, how can you be silent? Wake up, I pray, lest I call you no more my glory, but my shame. “Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!”
