{"id":9402,"date":"2016-05-02T00:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T05:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=9402"},"modified":"2016-04-30T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T21:11:32","slug":"my-god-has-supplied-all-my-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/my-god-has-supplied-all-my-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"My God Has Supplied All My Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Until<\/a>I have received full payment, and more. <\/em>
\nI am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, <\/em>
\na fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. <\/em>
\nAnd my God will supply every need of yours <\/em>
\naccording to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.<\/em>
\nPhilippians 4:18\u201319<\/em><\/p>\n

For too many years, I have kept a safe distance of approximately 2,000 years between myself and Paul\u2019s words in Philippians 4:18\u201319. Well, sure,<\/em> I thought after reading Paul\u2019s ringing endorsement of God\u2019s faithfulness, those words applied to Paul. In the first century. In the early days of the church. To migrant missionaries and fragile congregations filled with frail believers.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I told myself. But what I believed deep down and refused to admit was this: while God supplied the needs of early Christians, their fledgling churches, and the itinerant missionaries who served them according to his riches and for his glory, his provision didn\u2019t apply to me. Because in modern day America, God gives faithful believers good jobs, infuses them with a strong work ethic, and expects to meet their own needs.<\/p>\n

I was okay with that line of thinking. It worked for me. Until about a year ago when God plunked two mission opportunities in my path: a trip to Latvia to minister to special needs moms, and joining the planning committee for a free special needs family camp at Hidden Acres. The Latvia trip would cost about $1,500. The camp needed $15,000 for family scholarships and 100 volunteers, as well as $50,000 worth of concrete for sidewalks and $4,000 for a pool lift.<\/p>\n

No matter how hard my family and every member of the camp planning committee worked, the tasks were impossible. And yet, over the past few months, God has supplied everything needed.<\/p>\n