Jehovah Jireh means the Lord Who provides (Genesis 22:12-14). He will supply all of our needs. He promises us that we never need to worry what we will eat. If the birds are fed, do we not know how much more He loves and cares for us? (Matthew 6:25-26). He does not want us to be anxious about what we will eat, drink or wear for clothes. He will provide. He wants us to worship Him and glorify Him in our lives. The most pleasing way is to love others, His children. We are to love one another, minister to one another and help one another. My husband and I are led to follow the biblical instructions of feeding His children who are less fortunate and poor, the widows and the children. We must help as much as we can. I pray to the Lord every day to bless my husband and I beyond comprehension so that we can bless others. I pray that He pour out so many blessings into our home that we can not contain it (Malachi 3:10). I declare that scripture in our lives for we will honor our blessings onto others. I think one of the hardest truths my husband and I had to face when we went through during our financial struggles was the lack of support. Only two people were there for us and that was it. We were on our own, our choices, therefore it was our bed to lie in. How sad! But we learned so much from our leanest of days and we professed to our Lord and Savior that we would never have anyone feel the way we felt, which was so alone and so abandoned. Matthew 7:2 tells us very clearly ," For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you". So rebuke your judgmental eyes and your ignorant ways. The thoughts you justify in your head, "what I don't know won't hurt me", "I have my own problems", "get a job, you lazy thing" , "the less I know, the better off I am." Sometimes people need more than just your prayers. I love when someone says, "I will pray for you" when in fact the person needs groceries. Help your brother! Help your sister! God has zero tolerance for this selfish mindset.
"Lord, I ask that you touch the hearts of your people and may they come to realize that the blessings you have bestowed upon them are in fact to be blessings for someone else. May they search their hearts to this truth and I ask that You reveal to them who is in need. May we put down our thoughts of self and turn outward to others instead of only inward. We are all the body of Christ and are not obligated to only help our own, we are to help whoever is in need. Open their eyes and soften their hearts Lord to the needs of others. And I ask all these things in your precious name, Amen."
