Time and time again, I am reminded of God’s amazing provision for those who trust in Him. I have a couple of quick stories of ways He reminded me of this in the last couple of weeks.

I was eating lunch at Five Guys with my cousins after a hard morning of yard work, and when we were halfway through our meal, a manager came out of the kitchen with a bag of fries. He handed it to us and said “This is for people who pray before they eat.”

God also comes through in the big things with which we trust Him:

I am in the process of raising $13,000 for Kairos Discipleship School. After looking at the numbers and how much time I have left before the program starts, my parents determined that I should have $5,500 by the beginning of this week if I wanted to go on the program instead of college this year. I was getting kind of discouraged the previous week because several things did not turn out the way I was hoping and I was only at $4,000. Then I was reminded that God was on my team as I received numerous donations which put me up to $5,900 in one day.

I have been learning that with the Creator of the Universe, the God who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, even a God-sized task becomes possible.

Have you ever  heard this description of Heaven?

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”

I have heard this quite often. I agree that Heaven will completely exceed all of our expectations, but I don’t think that Paul was talking about Heaven when he wrote this in 1 Corinthians 2:9. What exactly is Paul speaking of when he refers to God preparing something for those who love him?

Well, lets look at the context of the verse. There are two main topics in 1 Corinthians chapter 2. The first is trust. Paul is emphasizing that it’s really not a good idea to rely on human wisdom, strength, and insight in order to accomplish something. The only thing that is reliable is God’s strength. (verses 1-5)

The second topic is the wisdom of God.  A couple things I noticed in this passage are that:

1. He has everything planned out way ahead of time (verse 7)
2. According to the values of our culture, the things he has planned won’t always make sense (verses 8,14)
3. When we are in sync with Christ, He will reveal this plan to us (verse 12)

I think that Paul means everything. Another word for it would be God’s plan for you, or the people, things, and situations God brings into your life.

That is a very comforting thought for me, to know that not only does God have something amazing and  planned for my life that is vastly better than anything I could come up with, but also that he will help me to accomplish it as I rely fully on him.

I am writing this from vacation at my grandparents house in Portland, Oregon. It was quite a trip… Let me summarize in haiku form:

Flights delayed, then axed

forced to spend night in Detriot

finally leaving.

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got an extra leg

going to Portland via

Atlanta, Georgia.

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Thirty-two hundred

miles later, we arrive.

exhausted, happy.