My friend Marcia, the director of the Jamaica Christian School for the
Deaf, recently illustrated an important way to look at things. In a newsletter
article she titled “A Blessed Start,” she pointed out that for the first time
in 7 years the school began the new year with a surplus. And what was that
surplus? A thousand dollars in the bank? No. Enough school supplies for the
year? No. It was simply this: A month’s supply of food in the cupboard.
When you’re in charge of feeding 30 hungry kids on a shoestring budget,
that’s big! She accompanied her note with this verse from 1 Chronicles
16:34, “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures
forever.”
Year after year Marcia trusts God to provide for the children and staff
at her school. She never has much—whether it’s water or food or school
supplies. Yet she is always grateful for what God sends, and she is faithful to
believe that He will continue to provide.
As we begin a new year, do we have faith in God’s provision? To do so is to take our Savior at His word when He said, “Do not worry about your life . . . . Do not worry about tomorrow” (Matt. 6:25,34).
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. Corrie ten Boom (RBC)
