Daily Archive

We can’t fully enjoy the promises of God unless we fully trust the Giver of those promises.

God can bless us with a great spouse, but because we don’t fully trust the Giver, we’ll think the spouse God provided is not enough. Therefore, we’ll look for someone “better” or we’ll continue to criticize our spouse in the hopes that they will change to suit our version of “better.” God can bless us with a million dollars, but because we don’t trust the Giver to provide all of our needs, we’ll think that million dollars is not enough. Therefore, we’ll hoard the money thinking God can’t bless us with more or we’ll try one thing after the next attempting to obtain more money in our own power. Even in getting a new car, because a person doesn’t trust the Giver, it’s hard to be satisfied with that new car.

When we trust the Giver, we know that He richly provides us with all things to enjoy (1 Tim. 6:17). When we trust the giver, we know that God is not withholding good things from our lives (Ps. 84:11).When we trust the Giver, we are satisfied with what we have because we know He is our source and He can provide more (Eph. 3:20).

1 Timothy 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.