God Will Provide

This phrase was spoken by Abraham to his increasingly worried son, Isaac, when they were headed up the mountain for the famous sacrifice. Two things about this statement intrigue me. First is that Abraham trusted that somehow, GOd would work in this situation to where it would not be as tragic as it appeared at the moment. Second is the specific prophecy that God would provide a lamb, fullfilled when God gave his own son for a sacrifice.

This phrase is equally relevant when Joshua leads the people across the Jordan into the promised land. Joshua was convinced of what God's will for him was. He knew that he was appointed by God to lead his people in conquest. What he was completely ignorant of, was strategy. He had led them across the Jordan, he had all the men circumcised, and then the manna stopped appearing. He had followed God right up to the doorstep of the most fortified city in Canaan, and the most tangible sign of God's providence ceased to exist. Only after Joshua had placed them all in a very vulnerable situation that only God could bring them out of, did God reveal how he was going to hand Jericho into their hands.

I waste too much time worrying about details instead of trusting that God has a plan and that he will provide. If I was truly confident of God's plan for me, and that he would provide the means, my life would be completely different than the life I lead now.