My God Shall Supply

They do not want anyone, not even God, telling them how they should live their lives!

Something the lost world does not seem to know is this; EVERYONE SERVES A GOD OF SOME SORT! The lost world has many gods that have control of their lives.

Remember when Paul came to Mars Hill, in the Book of Acts, he noticed they had many gods.

Look at Acts 17:22-23, we read, “Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”

They had many gods, ONE FOR THIS and ONE FOR THAT! And Paul said that he noticed they even had one known as the, “UNKNOWN GOD!”

Then look what he said, in verses 24-25. We read, “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.”

He is saying that we do not take these hands and make God, He takes His hands and makes us!

But people then and people now still worship MANY GODS! In fact, the lost world is more dedicated to serving their gods than most Christians are in serving their God. This can clearly be seen in:

• The way they sacrifice to them

• The way they worship them

• The way they bow to them

• The way they serve them

As a whole, the lost world today is more dedicated to serving it’s gods than Christians are to serving the true and living God.

Make no mistake about it; everyone has a god or gods in their life. Paul was no exception. Notice that he speaks about, “MY GOD!”

Paul said, “My God,” but in this sermon I want to change the words, “MY GOD” to “OUR GOD!” That is exactly who He is. The God that Paul served is the same God we serve.

I am not abusing the scriptures by changing, “MY GOD” to “OUR GOD!” We have to be careful not to take scripture out of context. However, I am not doing anything incorrectly when I take the words of Paul, where he said, “My God” and change them to “Our God” because-

• We serve the same God He served

• And what God has done for him, He can do for us also

We can look around us and see what the gods of this world have done to wreck people’s lives, but let’s see what OUR GOD does for us. We see -

I. HE SATISFIES US

Paul said, “But my God shall supply….” WHAT DOES HE SUPPLY?

When many read this verse they think in TERMS OF MONEY. That is certainly included in one of the things that God does for us; He supplies our needs financially!

• If you were to listen to some of these modern-day television preachers, you would think the only thing God cares about is MONEY

• Many professing Christians have been caught up in the HEALTH AND WEALTH doctrine these fellows are preaching

Paul said these, “Ear Ticklers” would come in the last days and beloved me, they are here in large numbers. They will do anything to draw a crowd.

Illus: A preacher bought a parrot and said that in the Old Testament, God used a parrot to talk, but today he wanted to show them God was going to use a parrot to talk to them.

He said, “God sent this parrot down from heaven to talk to you.” He then told the parrot to start talking.

The parrot said, “Open your pocket books and pull out the biggest bill you can find and bring it down to God’s man this morning. If you do not have any cash, get your check book out and write the biggest check you have ever written and bring it down and give it to God’s man this morning.”

People did as the parrot said in large numbers. After all, this was a miracle, and God had spoken through this parrot.

After the service, the parrot was sitting on his perch and a man said, “I notice your parrot has strings tied to his leg.” The TV preacher said:

• “When you pull the right one, he recites the lord's prayer,”

• “When you pull on the left one, he recites the 23rd Psalm."

The man was amazed as he looked at this parrot standing on his perch and he said, “What happens if you pull both strings?"