El Shaddai-the God Who is More than Enough!
I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:2.
The greatest problem I have as a disciple of Jesus Christ is thinking naturally. I have been made this way since my birth as a result of my sinful nature. All my secular education and sometimes the sacred education was to deny the supernatural of the miracle working power of Father God. This is why the Apostle Paul stated that we need to constantly renew our mind so we think and see how God sees His creation (Romans 12:1-2).
El Shaddai-God who is more than enough is not limited as we are limited. Father God is more than able to meet every need I have if I trust in Him. We see time and again in scripture how God fed hundreds out of a few loaves of bread and fish (John 6:9).
I look at my income and I can’t see how needs will be met. By the age of 23 I already had a large family of three sons but I knew God would meet our needs. I remember one time when all I had was $20. My children did not have anything to eat for the whole day and with that money we were going to buy some food. At the same time, we were ministering to a family and the lady had a very sick child and needed medication. I was prompted by God to give her my $20 for the medicine. I must admit I did not want to but I was obedient. When we got home my son stated daddy, I don’t like fasting. I told him to have another glass of water and God would supply. To our surprise the next morning someone left three $25 gift coupons for food at a local market on our door. We had a feast! But I know if I did not be obedient and give that lady my last $20, we would have missed that miracle. There have been many more miracles, too many to mention now.
I look at my scarcity and God looks at His overabundance to provide if I believe. I look at the mundane, the usual set of circumstances and possible outcomes while Father God looks at these events through the miraculous. If I sit down and count the cost, I will never reach the correct figure because I am looking at the problem with my natural understanding. Father God wants us to be free from the restraints of the natural to enable Him to deal with me from the supernatural. I have walked with the Lord for 53 years now and He has never failed. God wants to challenge us with this question. “Is there anything too hard for the Lord”. (Genesis 18:14).