Provision for Pennies

Funny story, on Saturday I was at work and unusually I was working on the tills, that is because I work in the kitchen making the sandwiches (I work at a fast food restaurant).  Anyway, whilst working in the tills I was just praying that I would be joyful and that my Joy would shine brightly the light of Christ to the people I was serving.  That turned out successfully. About 6 hours later, I got really cheerful and tiredness was more prevalent. Oh well, still God is sooo good.

Whilst working, I was dealing with different kinds of change, 20ps £s etc. As I was running low on some I just asked God, to give me more 20ps or whatever I wanted and then the next customer would pay in great amounts of change exactly as I needed. Then I thought that this was amazing and I asked God to provide more of other change. My next customer was a casino worker who paid over £16 in change! That was really amazing.

Through this simple life story God just showed me that he is with me no matter what I do or have done the previous day, regardless of my sin and failure he loves me; his Agape/ Hesed is totally steadfast and unconditional. Did I need the change? Not really. I could have just asked a manager and she would have given me more. Still, at times God just does not give us our needs but also our desires, kind of like a parent giving a child ice cream or a lolly. They don’t have to do that; the child does not need those things. The parent does that because they love their children, and God works on similar bases. So my challenge to you is to believe that regardless of your performance, that God always provides. Do not be afraid to ask for even your wants, sometimes he will say it’s a god idea for you to have this or that sometimes not. As Christians we can say that God totally spoils us with his ravishing love.