Life Plan Devotion #102

Hi, Everyone.
Our promise today will encompass several days, but I promise not to be too long-winded. I have decided to change the format a bit, and, instead of closing with a prayer and a challenge, we'll close with a confession (something you speak forth). This should be done both prayerfully and out loud (boldly).
I have a question for you, the reader. Is it very important that I include a connection with weight loss? As always, I love hearing from you.

Life Plan Devotion #102

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

     Philippians 4:19 is a familiar verse, yet how many see it as a promise? And how many who see it as a promise have meditated on it and spoken it until it gets down deep, on the inside? We must get past reading, even memorizing this verse, to the point where we know that we know it. How will you know when Phil. 4:19 has "landed"? ALL your cares, concerns, and worries will lift, even if your present cir****tances (your need) hasn't changed one bit.
     Meditating on a verse means thinking about it, praying over it, part by part, phrase by phrase, sometimes word by word. Let's do that, over the next few days. I have found that a verse gets down deep in my spirit much quicker, that way.
     The first phrase in Philippians 4:19 is "My God." Wow! Think about how amazing it is that you can say, "He is MY God"! If you are a born-again believer then He IS your God, and you have all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities that go with being His child. Every promise in God's Word is "Yes and Amen" to you. I love what the word "Amen" means: "So be it."
     Notice that Phil. 4:19 says, "My God shall supply all [my] need..." It says "My God," not "my job." Having a job is great. Getting a weekly paycheck is a blessing, but we must remember that no man is to be our source of provision. No paycheck should be your source. If it is and you lose your job, you're in for a terrible trial. However, when God is your source, even if you lose your job, you will know that He will provide for you. You'll get another job, and He will meet your every need in the meantime.
     Christians mean well, but so often we limit God. We put "the plan" together in our mind, as if God needs our help to work through the issue of provision. Not only is that a slap in the face of Jehovah-Jireh (the God Who Provides), but it is a sure sign that we don't believe He is able to deliver us, to save us, to provide for us. It shows a lack of faith, for if we're trying to come up with "the plan," we are saying we don't trust God to show us "the plan" and to cause it to come to fruition.
     If we do not limit God, He has an unlimited number of channels through which to get provision to us. There are conditions, of course, and we'll explore them together, but, in short, if you are a born-again believer, if you are a sower (a giver), God has obligated Himself to supply all your needs. Expect God to come through for you!

What this has to do with weight loss: Whatever your need is, on the weight-loss journey, expect God to supply (provide for) that need.

Confession:
I am a born-again believer, so I confidently claim the promise that "My God shall supply all [my] need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Blessings,
Mary