His Provisions in our purpose
The Difference Between Source and Supply
Our jobs, paychecks, and savings accounts are supplies—but God alone is the Source.
We often confuse the two. We think, If I could just make more money... get a better job... plan better... then I’d have peace. But peace doesn’t come from more; it comes from knowing Who provides the more.
When you start to see God as the Provider, you can breathe again. Your life will stop being about chasing provision, and it will fall into alignment as you simply follow Him in obedience. You may think you are going through a season of physical scarcity, that is what Satan wants you to believe: You are instead going through a season of recognizing God as provider. This is part of your sanctification and your kids': that you all would come to trust God In even greater ways than you ever have before! The faster we submit to God's authority to guide and provide, the quicker HE can reveal to us our next steps and bring us provisions. You going through these times gives all your children tangible "proof" that we can rest in Him (instead of panicking), so that all your children will have opportunity and testimony for their faith in Heavenly Father who provides to grow.
"The level to which you allow God to make you uncomfortable is the level to which you allow God to bring Growth in your life." Scott Savage
Many of the kids we have taken in have gone through times of not knowing where the next meal would come from, if they would get picked up, if anyone would come home, or wake-up, or see them. They've been their parents' caretaker and their siblings' keeper. This is an attack on what God's purpose is in family, and the role of parents. Satan has inflicted weaknesses through lies, and used addictions that have left parents believing they just can't do it. Often that same doubt will creep in when their kids move in with us, and start displaying all kinds of behaviors, asking for more, requiring extra attention, and leaving you feeling you're just not enough. Looking to your left and right, and seeking help from outside sources is part of the journey, but oftentimes we "sell ourselves short", when we don't believe God really did give us everything that child needs, and HE will continue to. Instead of slowing down and pressing in, we think we need to spend more money paying for counselors and all the things they lacked (materially and experientially). If we don't keep our eyes on our source, refreshing daily in His assignment for us, and the wisdom to do it, we too will begin to stumble.
With blessing comes responsibility -these kids are a blessing, and God has seen you to be faithful, He wants to grow your faith and He's going to use your experiences with these kids to keep growing you. Take time to practice gratitude, and recognize the intangible things He has blessed you with, including a network, and reflect on what you do have before you; and He'll be able to keep that river flowing. When we acknowledge what He's given, we will be able to recognize what He's giving us next.
Provision follows purpose. When we answer His call to His purpose, He will provide.
As Paul says in Philippians 4:18 & 19, because he is doing what God called him to do, he is "Amply supplied," has received many gifts, which pleases God. And God will in turn meet all the needs of those who give and who follow Him, according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:3-5 is an exhortation, and when we live believing this, our children will see something different and be able to break generational cycles. Peter says, "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge for Him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these HE has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."
We want our kids to learn to escape from the pits we have fallen into in the past, we want to escape them, and we for sure don't want our kids to repeat the things they were placed in our home to escape.
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