December 4, 1998, Friday

How is God good to His people and what is His promise

of provision to them? In times of want is it very

difficult to believe that God will provide? When you

have been wronged and believe that God has forgotten

you, can He turn it around to bless you?

God promised Jeremiah that He would purge the sin from

His people and bless them as an example to the world--

"I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which

they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all

their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which

they have transgressed against Me; Then it shall be to

Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all

nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that

I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the

goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it"

(Jer 33:8-9). God's free pardon of sin and His abundant

provision for His people is a joy and honor to Him.

The Psalmist tells us that God became angered at the

Israelites because they did not believe that God had

intended good for them but thought God forgot them--

"Yes, they spoke against God: They said, "Can God

prepare a table in the wilderness? Behold, He struck

the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the

streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He

provide meat for His people? Therefore the Lord

heard this and was furious; So a fire was kindled

against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel,

Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust

in His salvation" (Psa 78:19-20). God wants us to keep

trusting Him when we can't see the outcome.

The story of Joesph reminds us that when his brothers

plotted evil against him, Joseph continued to trust

God while enslaved in Egypt. God was able to bless

him and promote him and he overcame evil with good--

"But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God

meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it

is this day, to save many people alive; Now therefore,

do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little

ones, And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them"

(Gen 50:20). God comforts us and reminds us of His

promise of provision that will never fail.

Let us remember who is the God that provides all things.

God's name is Jehová Jireh. He is the God that provides

a solution to the problems of His people. He is the God

that provides a system for His people to live. He is the

God that provided a sacrifice for humanity. Lift your

hands to Him and Praise Him today for the fact that He

is the God that provides for our every need!