Little or Nothing

There have been several times in my life where this title applied to what I had. I can remember the hopeless feeling crying out to God for relief. He eventually answered but not always in my timing and often sending me a message about what I needed to do to get where I needed to go to be stable.

He's like that. There are many examples in his book of this but one that stands out is that of Hagar. After a conflict with Sarai, Abram's wife who had approved of Abram fathering her child (they got impatient waiting for God's promise of their own child) she ran away. Then an angel spoke to her assuring her of her place in society and her worth. The angel told her to go back and resolve things by submitting to her mistress.

Whether it be lack of drive, resources or opportunities that may not be coming our way, submission to God and his plan for our lives creates stabilization. We may learn eventually how to live on little or be blessed with much but with God in our lives we are never in a place where we have little or nothing.

Remember the story of the loaves and fishes, the asking of the disciples to cast their nets out again after catching nothing overnight, or the words of Paul who said he learned how to be happy with little or being well fed. We must conquer the moment with whatever we have knowing God will deliver whatever we need.

Hagar had nothing, probably felt worth nothing being a foreign maidservant, and feeling like she had been taken advantage of.  Many of us have been there or are right in the middle of it. Jesus said "in this world you will have trouble, but take heart I have overcome the world".

Whether it takes 5 minutes, 5 months or 5 years to change our circumstances, belief that placed in God's hands it will change and multiply our situation to a positive result will enable us to praise our way through that storm of life.

It did for me, it will happen for you if it hasn't already. How do I know?

The Bible tells me so!