All Our Needs From God’s Glory

I have written about getting strength and power from God’s glory, and this morning I was reminded that is not all. We get all of our needs met through His glory.

“¹⁸I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. ¹⁹And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:18-19 (ESV)

I read this morning from Philippians where Paul is thanking them for the sacrificial gifts they sent to him. He was grateful for their fulfillment of his need even as he was not in their presence and sent the gift with Epaphroditus to be delivered. And Paul did not just leave it at the heaping of thanks on them, he let them know and reminded them that for their work and giving, God would supply to their needs, not just some of them, but “every need of yours”.

I do not deserve the love and gifts that God has for me, but He gives them anyway. For the work and sacrifice I undertake here in this world, God attends to my needs. No, not my wants, but my needs, and that is what I have to remember and focus on each day in my walk. I have to remember that God will not let me go without as long as it is something that I cannot move forward without. My needs are a return gift for the sacrifice and adversity that I endure here in this world for doing the work God has for me in His plan. It is a gift that He does not have to give, but wants to and does freely to show me His love.

My supply is overflowing with the grace of God. I may not find myself high on the mountain of worldly success or be lavished in gold and fine jewels, but my needs are taken care of thanks to God and his abundant grace and glory.

When looking out at the supply for your needs, where are you looking? Are you seeking to find the supply from the world? What if we all were to simply do the work of God through sacrifice and know that our “every need” will be supplied from Him “according to His riches in glory”?