God Will Supply Every Need

 

It is always interesting how my neighbors choose to stage the items they place at the curb for pickup. There is seldom anyone that just piles their discarded items in a haphazard manner. The homeowners are neat to a fault. Lumber is stacked. Boxes and bags are lined up parallel to the curb. Toys and other items being left behind as children grow are displayed as if the sidewalk were a retail outlet. But the furniture is the best.

This chair and ottoman may have served well and seen better days, but it still greets each person who passes by with what feels like a warm welcome and a moment of hospitality. I had the urge to stop and put my feet up for a rest. I was not tired until I saw the chair, then it seemed like just what I needed at the time.

In the movie “Bruce Almighty”, there is a great line. After Bruce disturbs the world order by just answering every prayer with “yes”, he explains to God that he was just giving people what they want. God replies, “Since when do people have a clue what they want?” We often don’t know what we want until we see it, until we experience it. But then there is a moment when we just know.

So it is with the life of faith. How many people open themselves to God after seeing the genuine acts of compassion and love by another? How many people feel an itch being scratched when being around a group of people sharing life together in a small group? How many people find what they didn’t know they were looking for in an experience of worship? That is why, with everything we may get wrong, I still love and believe in the Church. Like the chair and ottoman, the Church helps us when we don’t have a clue about what we want. The Church invites us to find out, not only what we want, but what we need.

“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

Peace.