Philippians 4:19 says, "And my God will supply every need or yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." Lately I've been listening to John Piper and his series from sometime ago about Killing Sin. It's a three part series that gives the secret to getting rid of sin that keeps coming up in your life. If I could quickly summarize for you, I would say that the main point of the messages is that we are called to trust and have faith in the promises of God.
Throughout the Bible, we see God give promise after promise to His people and those that He loves. The first is in Genesis 3 when he tells Eve that her Seed will crush the head of the serpent. After this account, God's people had a hope and something to believe in. No matter how hard things got, God gave them a promise that He would be able to commune with them and save them for His glory. We see the consequences of forgetting promises with the Israelites, when they forget all that God did in Egypt and what He promised to do through Abraham. Because of their lack of faith, they wandered for forty years in the wilderness.
It was crucial for the people of God to remember His promises to them, and it is even more so now. God has revealed His will to us through the Bible and that is our main source of revelation. Because this is true, we should dive into it and have faith that what it says is true. This is what defeats sin and unbelief in our lives. Just like Ephesians 6 says, we should take up and wield the Sword of the Spirit which is the Bible. It's pretty obvious to see that the sword is the only weapon meant for attacking in the list given in Ephesians 6. If we actively fight for belief and faith, than sin will no longer reign in our mortal bodies.
As any high school or even college senior can understand is that anxiety that comes with graduation. For some, it's where do I go next? For others, it's how do I get there? For me, I've been locked on going to Liberty University for the past year or so. I'd walk all the way to Virginia to attend if I had to. However, I've also been stressed by the issue of tuition. With what I'm currently making, there is no hope for me to go. I've been getting extra gigs and jobs in order to be able to generate some more income, but it still doesn't seem hopeful.
However, while reading through Philippians, I came across this verse. This doesn't mean that I am "for-sure" going to Liberty, but it promises me that God will supply the supplies that I need to move on into my stage of life, whether that is college or going straight into the business world. God has a plan for me and right now I am called to have faith and seek out the promises that God has given me in His word. By His grace, everything is working together so that I will be able to go, by His grace, but He is in control and I give my future to Him alone.
What are you going through? Are you struggling with anxiety, hopelessness, despair? I encourage you to seek out the promises that God has written throughout the Bible. I also want to help encourage you and also give myself hope as I plan to study more promises that He has made. We aren't called to have a blind faith, but we believe in things that He has spoken and that He has promised to do to His people. So I pray for you through out this next season that your faith in God and His word will increase. In the meantime, seek after God and dive into His Word.
I pray that we all can trust God with everything that we have each and everyday - Forsake All
