The Promise to Meet Our Every Need
Daily Reading: (Philippians 4:19):
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”
This is a grand promise that I believe has confused a lot of people because there are things, we think we need that we don’t, and aren’t considered needs. When it comes to a verse like Philippians 4:19 and the promise of God to meet our every need, I think one of the issues we might have has to do with our understanding of what should fall under the needs category and what should fall under the wants one. I remember around Christmas time receiving various toy catalogues in the mail. I would circle 80 percent of the toys in the catalogue. What do you want for Christmas? I want it all! A follow-up question might be “I know there is a lot of things you want but what do you really need this year?
There are needs and there are wants and that is a big difference. Let’s look at the Greek definition for needs used in Philippians 4:19.
(Chreia) “needs”- such things as we need for sustenance and the journey.
There will be good things that we think we really need to sustain us moving forward in the journey ahead but if that thing that we are praying for is not part of God’s ordained steps for you ahead then there is no purpose in giving it to you. Now to be clear, the things that we need, God always gives to us. Every single one of His promises is ours. “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God” (2 Corinthians 1:20). I love that our part is simply believing God for those promises and we do that as we speak out by faith “Amen”.
Do you know that Amen is a declaration of our faith? Amen was spoken at the end of something that had been shared and by doing so made the substance of what was uttered their own. It was saying “so be it” or “it may be fulfilled”.
If God supplies you what you need, (“meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus”) then there is nothing you can’t do that He has called you forward in. We find contentment in our life as we believe in this promise. This is only possible as you grow in your relationship of knowing God as your loving Father. Paul says, “my God”, it is personal. His confidence flows because Paul has come to know God as a Good Father who provides for him and never fails to meet his need. From Paul’s experience in God’s faithfulness to him, he trusts that God will meet your needs.
They were a very poor church that gave what they could to support Paul. Their gift was used to meet Paul’s need. God will meet your needs in a variety of ways and sometimes He meets our needs through each other. “I have received full payment and have more than enough” (Philippians 4:18). What I learned from this verse is how rich we all are in Christ. According to this verse, you already are rich. You are not trying to become rich. It does not matter how much you are earning or how much you have in your bank account. You are rich. How does that one work out? You are rich because as your need arises, God’s supply will be there for you (Philippians 4:18). Being under grace means being constantly under His supply. It means being conscious not of the need but of His supply to you. Because of the cross, God’s grace is always supplying healing, protection, wisdom, and every provision that you need. The more you are conscious of it, the more you will walk in it!