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How God Provides - Part 1

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19

God will use different people at different times to meet different needs in your life. He used Pharaoh to feed the Israelites. Imagine that! When famine hit, He led His people down to Egypt and made Pharaoh feed them for 400 years. Get this: when you ask God for something, don't dictate to Him who He'll use to meet your need. Notice the words of Jesus: "shall men give into your bosom" (Luke 6:38). When God wants to bless you, sometimes He'll send a person! But if you're too proud to accept their help, you won't get it. Or if you limit Him to working through people you know and like, you'll miss the boat again. God used Pharaoh because he's not the kind of person you're apt to fall in love with. God doesn't want you getting hooked on anybody but Him. He can bless you through your boss, the taxman, the car dealer, the mortgage lender or even those who mean you no good! It was betrayal by his brothers that eventually caused Joseph to become Prime Minister of Egypt. People will enter your life and people will leave it. Praise God when they come and praise Him when they go, and remind yourself: "If He blessed me before, He'll do it again" - and keep on truckin'. Egypt became a problem only when God's people stayed there too long! Don't lean on the arm of the flesh too long, or the instrument of your blessing can become an idol (or a source of control). And that's a problem, for God said: "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me be open to whatever means you choose to use to help and provide for me. In Jesus' Name, Amen