*Luke 15:23-24
Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.
1 distinctive aspect of God, as He is revealed in the Bible, is His abundance. God is not poor. He is not stingy. He is not limited. He is a God of abundance. His grace is abundant. His love is abundant. His provision is abundant. The consequence of sin, ultimately, is misery, poverty & destitution. There is no abundance in a life of sin. But God does not leave us. He offers both pardon & provision.
-Derek Prince
God offers us the opportunity to be reconciled to Him, to recover what has been lost & to receive the provision we need.
Jehovah Jireh - God will provide
*Genesis 22:1-19
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you." Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you." Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son." Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided." The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, "I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
God opened Abraham's eyes in a supernatural way so that he could experience the revelation of the cross.
*John 8:56
"Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad."
The patriarch understood that all of God's provision for man was to be found in the Son that the Lord would offer for the redemption of the world.
The prodigal son received all of the father's blessings - including the fattened calf (Christ crucified).
God gave the best anyone could have given; He did not bring just any kind of offering, He gave the best.
*John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
The opportunity to experience an extraordinary life with Jesus is yours.
Simply make the decision with all your heart to keep that appointment, even though you may have been canceling or postponing it for a long time.
Now is the time!
When you have had that marvelous encounter with Jesus, tell others about the blessings that are ours because of His sacrifice on the cross.
God gives to us the best offering through His only Son, Jesus Christ.
*Haggai 2:8
'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the Lord Almighty.
*2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
*Philippians 4:19
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
The provision of God is boundless & unlimited. All the things in earth belongs to God, so we have the honor & privilege to ask anything to God in the name of Jesus. God is able to bless us abundantly so that in all things & having all we need, we will abound in every good work; & He will meet all our needs according to His riches.
REMEMBER:
ALL OF GOD'S PROVISION IS FOUND IN JESUS, WHO OFFERED HIMSELF FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD.
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