Ruth 4:15
“He shall be to you a restorer of life and a
nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is
more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Rewards that bring provision.
Years ago, we had a precarious financial situation
at home. The country’s economy, along with other factors outside our control,
all contributed to the fall of our small business. We had worked hard for that
business and put a lot of sweat into it since we got married. Now, we had two
small children, had recently purchased a home, and all of a sudden, we had no
salary, no source of income, and we didn’t know where the money would come from
to pay the mortgage. Our car had been repossessed, and I remember as if it were
yesterday, how my husband gave our employee the last $800 in our savings
account, for his salary, as required by law. That day, in that small office
that we now had to evacuate, I thought the world was falling on me.
All of a sudden, the phone rang. A company that
had received my husband’s resume (which I had sent randomly with a dozen others
in expectation of something like this) wanted to interview him for a possible
position. It turned out to be a large company that hired him the following
week. Five minutes later, there was another call. It was a competing company
that wanted to buy his client list.
During the days before, we had prayed, we had
cried, we had questioned God. But secretly, we never failed to trust that, in
his mercy, He would get us out of that crunch. And so it was. At the most
critical moment, God not only showed up, He showed off. My husband was never
unemployed, there was food on our table, and we lived in that house for thirty
more years.
God rewards his children. “I have been young, and
now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his
children begging for bread.” (Psalm 37:25). God is not a capricious god.
He does not forsake his children. Have you been faithful? He will reward you.
Have you kept his word? He will reward you. Have you run the race? He will reward
you. And his reward will not only bring you spiritual benefits, but emotional
and physical benefits as well. Will they look like what you expected? Will they
be what you thought they should be? Maybe. Maybe not. Only God knows. So, #getittogethergirl.
You are royalty, and royalty does not go hungry. Your reward will bring you
provision, for you and your family, so that your future is one of blessing and
not hunger.
Father, thank you for your provision, which never
fails. Thank you for your daily manna. Don’t let me complain, like Israel did,
and have contempt for it because it looks the same day after day. Help me
believe that you have provided what I need. I don’t need riches, God, only to
know that you are near and that your provision is always near. Thank you again,
because I know that you are my Gd, my protector, my provider, and my healer. In
Jesus’ name, amen.
My reflection:
“Seek
first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things
will be added to you.”
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