I quote:
When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?”
They answered him, “No.”
So he said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and you will find something.”
So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because of the number of fish.
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Our Saviour provides us with all our needs, when we do all that He asks of us. There will be times when we will question His request, there being an awareness that we will be asked to sacrifice much of our good fortune provided by Our Father, to share with those He introduces to us. On those occasions we will be thanked by Our Father replenishing our plate to overflowing, enabling us to continue being His outreach into the lives of all He invites into our life to share in our prosperity, His gift to us to sustain us through our life's passage.
Our growing trust in Our Father's generosity assists us understand that He will never reduce us to beggary, notwithstanding that a life of luxury is self destructive when accumulating that which we must one surrender at the end of our life's story. Cold comfort is the reward for those surrounded by that which adds nothing to their sense of happiness, unwilling to share their good fortune with those lacking even the basics.
Jesus taught us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11). Our Father will meet our needs today. His grace is available for today. We are not to be anxious about the future, or even tomorrow, for every day has its own trouble. There will be days when The Father will do far more for us, with our cup overflowing. On other days, He will sustain us when we are walking through a storm.
Trust in the love Our Father has for all His children.
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you—the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
~ Psalm 121
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