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A Sure Supply

My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

 

One lesson that Jesus would teach us is to have confidence that God answers every true petition. Skeptics may question it, humanists may deny it, and intellectuals may ridicule it. Yet here is Christ's own promise: "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7).

Does this verse mean God gives us a blank check (so to speak) when we pray? Does He promise to give us anything we want if we just keep asking? No. God loves us too much to answer prayers that are foolish or might harm us. But the closer we get to Him--the more we abide in Him and the more His Word abides in us--the more we will desire what He desires, and the more our prayers will reflect His will.

The Bible promises, "No good thing does he withhold from them that walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:11). Trust that promise with all your soul.

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.