God has given to me over time, before I was here and continues even after I am gone. Provision and salvation are specifically what I am talking about. Before He gave salvation, He gave provision. This is noted in the very first book of the bible, His word.
“29And God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.’” — Genesis 1:29 (ESV)
In the above verse, God demonstrates to Adam and Eve that everything they would need, has been given to them. He provided for their sustenance with the plants and fruits and berries there in the garden. God gave to them all that they would need to live prosperously there in the place He created.
I admit that as a man, I am not satisfied with just having what is needed. I have things and will continue to secure things for myself that would not be considered provisions. Where that is not wrong for me to collect things that I “want” I have to remember that when it comes to what I “need” God has provided and He always will. God has given to me that which I require to live in this world and all that I require when I am called to Him at that appointed time.
There is not much that I “need” in this world, and all of it God has provided. Food, shelter, safety, those He has provided for me, just as He provided them for the first of me, Adam and Eve. The garden was that place where God’s provision abound for Adam and Eve. Yes, they were not able to remain there due to sin, but God demonstrated His provision for them there. He continues to do so now, only sin is still in the way of me being able to see it and accept it always. I have to consult God’s word and study it and absorb it to know and understand that all I need, He has provided, and that began at the beginning of time with His giving of provision for my life and survival.
What awareness do you have of the provisions God has for you? Are you continuing to seek out that which you want in thoughts that somehow it is needed? What if you were to simply look at provision and salvation as those things that God has already given you?
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