We are tasked with doing the work of God. We obey the Lord’s commandments and for that work we are provided.
“7For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.” – Deuteronomy 2:7 (ESV)
As I was typing this out this morning, I realized that there is more than just what is there. God blesses us (not just the Israelites in the passage) for the work we do, when that work is true work. We are to be doing the good work of God for His pleasure, not our own. We are to be glorifying Him as opposed to ourselves. And for that work, God blesses us.
Our “wilderness” is the time we are here. God knows we are here and what we are struggling with. He knows the seasons we are in, and He has been and will be with us through it all. God not only allows us to pass through the adversity, He only allows the adversity that we can get through.
What we have is sufficient. We are complete with our needs, and we have to remember that it is our needs that God provides for. Not the wants and desires, it is our needs that we are not lacking. Our human nature is to want more and greater things, but God understands and provides for our needs.
Ultimately, God provides for our needs for the work we do for Him. When I write that I have to be careful not to think that the works I do provide for my needs though. The work is required of us and the more work we do does not get us anything extra. I liken this to the quote: “An honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay”. Our role is to do the work of God and in return, He will provide for our needs.
What kind of work are you doing? Are you looking for more than just having your needs fulfilled? Are you allowing God to provide for your work for Him?
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