As I have watched the news for the past several months about the economy here in the U.S. and all over the world for that matter, I have thought about all of the costs involved with adopting. Of course our biggest obstacle right now is the up front funds, but then it will be years of caring for our new son/s or daughter/s. Just driving my girls now to softball every night of the week is quite the expense with the gas prices what they are. I have pondered the wisdom in all that we are pursuing, should we really be doing this. We have 4 children already, etc etc, you fill in the rest, you get the picture.
The other night my wife and I were at calling hours for one of our dear friends who's mother just passed away. We sat in the back of the room just wanting to be there for support for the family. I think just being there is a comfort, we dont always have to have something to say to share our love and care. Well while there, a few ladies from the church were sitting with us. They were asking questions about the adoption etc. One of the ladies spoke up and said something like, " I just dont know where all that money is going to come from". I was struck by those words, how little our God is to us all at times. How we lack faith that he will provide for what he has called us to do. Of course, we need to make sure its him that is doing the calling. I for one sometimes think he is calling me to buy a new motorcycle, after all I could minister to the biker crowd right? Haha.
This all leads me to what I read today. I decided some months back I wanted to read through the Bible and simply treat it like a novel. I typically stop and do all sorts of cross reference checks etc and it becomes more of a deep study. While that is good, I really wanted to read it all through without that sort of study. I finished the New Testament first and now I am in the Old Testament. I was reading today in Numbers. I believe I read chapters 9-11 today. I love how the Bible is filled with stories that can teach us so much today. In chapter 11 the Israelites have begun to complain. They are in the wilderness after being set free from slavery in Egypt. God is providing them with a bread like food called manna every day but they want more. They were used to meat and other things that they ate in Egypt. Isnt it funny how we are just like them. We get enslaved in some struggle/sin in our lives and we think its satisfying us. Anyway, God decides he is going to provide them with some meat. Lets pick up the story in Numbers chapter 11 verse 21, God has just told Moses the peoples leader he will provide meat for all of the people. Listen in-
21 And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22 Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?” 23 And the LORD said to Moses, “Has the LORD’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not.”
Lets skip down to verse 31-
31 Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. 32 And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.
Isnt this amazing. Picture this scene in your minds eye. God uses a great wind and brings quail from the sea and drops them all over the camp of the Israelites. Could you imaging what that was like? Do you see how God provides for his people? Do you realize we are just like those Israelites? God loves us and cares for us just as much as he did them. We are just as special to God as they were! So just remember the next time you begin to doubt God, that he will take care of his own.
One last question- Is Gods arm to short to reach your need?
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God's arm has definately let me down and fallen short of my need, faith, hope, trust, support, understanding, kindness, etc. in what I truely believed at one time to be a Christian Fellowship ; and that really tore into my heart and soul to see that some "Christians" can be so contrary and hipocritical to God's word and the truths of the Bible.They will undoubtedly have many of their prayers unanswered as well , and suffer in their sin and unrightousness , but I will continue to pray for their souls.
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