The Deal

A favorite meal when the boys were at home was a stir-fry [of sorts] using a package of frozen vegetable blends. It was quite a deal and an easy preparation since all the ingredients were in the bag, and all you really had to do (if you wanted to) was add meat. The trouble was, however, one bag was never quite enough for four guys!

In a recent devotion, Nancy Leigh DeMoss wrote, “When God calls you to do something, He provides everything it takes to get it done.” In the grocery store, there’s lots of prepackaged-dinners for sale – everything you need to prepare a meal. Foolishly, we think God needs counsel to accomplish His purposes. Sure, we may rely on God’s power but are we acting according to our own vision or His? Perhaps His plan seems too complex when we envision our own way more direct and effective. DeMoss recalls God pointing Abram to the night sky and declaring his generations would be as numerous as the stars. The idea God “Who commands the sun, and it does not rise; Who seals up the stars” (Job 9:7) needs you and me to direct His ways -- really now? After God clearly laid out His supremacy, Job answered, “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.” (Job 42:2-3). We have an awesome God, Who needs nothing from man yet longs for our all. What He calls us to do, we must do with full confidence He will provide every need “according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19). You may have to add an ingredient or two to what you buy in the store but all God needs to accomplish His purpose through us is our availability and obedience. Now, that’s a deal!