AV
7
Who
is Your Source?
“And my God will LIBERALLY SUPPLY (fill to
the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
(Phi 4:19 AMPC, emphasis mine)
Translators
reached the word ‘supply’, in our opening verse, from the word plēroō (Strong’s G4137). Some years ago, when I embarked on an in-depth
study of this verse, I was amazed at what I had previously missed. The expanded, wide angle lens reveals a
picture of a loving Father pouring
into us, into our reservoir, not just liberally, but continuously, overflowing
the brim, so that there is not any room left for more. It implies not only paying off a debt, but
also completing a person in such a way that there is no lack in him/her, physically, mentally, spiritually and
emotionally. Out of His abundance, out
of His riches - for the Scriptures tell us that the earth and all its
possessions belong to Him (Ps 24:1;
89:11; 104:24) - our Abba Father sees to it that we lack for nothing, in
Messiah Yeshua.
We
will all, eventually, come to a place where we have to make a choice of whom we
are going to believe: The Word of our
Elohim, or the world, or our own yetzer
hara, our evil, selfish and self-serving inclination. Should we choose to believe His Word, we will be tested on the choice that we
make – is our Father true to His
Word? Is He our Source, and our
Supplier? Is He going to meet the needs that we have, or are we going to have
to take matters into our own hands, like we so often do, and end up making the
mess that we usually make? And when it
comes down to where the rubber meets the road, can we say, like the prophet:
“Though the fig tree does
not blossom, And there is no fruit on the vine, The yield of the olive has
failed, And the fields brought forth no food, The flock has been cut off from
the fold, And there is no herd in the stalls, YET I EXULT IN יהוה, I REJOICE IN THE ELOHIM OF MY DELIVERANCE. יהוה the Master is my strength. And He makes my feet like those of
deer, And makes me walk on my high places.” (Hab 3:17-19, emphasis mine)
“I
believe Master, help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24)
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