God provides
Don’t disappoint any
of your worshipers,
but disappoint all
deceitful liars. ~ Psalm 25:3 (CEV)
Paul writes: ...we had no rest. We found trouble all around us. We had fighting on the outside and fear on the inside. But God, who comforts those who are troubled, comforted us when Titus came. ~ 2 Corinthians 7:5-6 (NCV)
KEY IDEA:
God comes through and makes sure that his people have just what they need.
PRAYER:
God, you love us so much that you provide exactly what we need. But we mostly feel cheated when we don't get what we think we need. Help me to rest in your wisdom and love. I'm going to eliminate my disappointing thoughts. I recognize that you alone know what you are doing. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
