Jireh: One Source, Many Resources

"But my God shall supply all your needs, according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Apostle Paul, 60-62 A.D

In life, we learn to be dependent individuals. We inherently and subconsciously allow things and people to define us. Soon we begin to adhere to a world that others have created for us. In this creation, we begin to formulate our thoughts and beliefs that our lives are centered around these external things. We become dependent on these things to define us, whether it be our education, status, job, relationships, church, money or the other varying things we attach our identities in and to.

Yet, when life happens, when things don't happen according to our pre-calculated plans then we fear loss. Therefore, with this fear of loss we begin holding tightly to that which we fear to lose, making it a deity of sorts in our lives. Whatever you are afraid to lose, you will lose. We must ask ourselves, what is our life centered around? Spouse-centered? Job-centered? Money-centered, Children-centered, Church-centered, Status-centered and so forth. If we were to lose that which we centered our lives around, where would that leave us?

Living a principle-centered life is the key to this disparity and obscurity when trying to roadmap our lives. God is known as Jehovah Jireh, the god who provides. When God becomes our source from which our dependency flows, then all other things in life become resources. These resources can empower us to prosper for a reason, season or a lifetime. Therefore if and when our resources change, our lives are not devastated because we are still connected to our source. When we are not grounded in God and we do not live our lives according to principles, we are easily thrown like chaff which even a gentle wind displaces.

Our divine source can provide us resources which meet our needs according to our appropriate seasons and levels in our maturation process. It is our responsibility to stay connected to our source so that we may know when to enter and exit, when to attach and detach. Here lies our biggest problems. Knowing when to enter and exit seasons, when to detach and attach. Always stay alert to the climate and temperatures in your life. It will give signs when it's time to go and grow. It's like the sun being a source of energy for plants to grow through photosynthesis. Plants can have rich soil, water, air, and chlorophyll in their leaves but without the sun they will not grow. The sun takes all of those resources that plants needs and helps them to work together for the plants life cycle...seed, seedling, flower, fruit, seed. Consider yourself a plant.