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JESUS OUR PROVIDER
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
Mark 6:33-44

Psalm 23

 

“…they were as sheep not

having a shepherd…”

 

JESUS OUR PROVIDER
 
One of the names of God is Jehovah Jireh meaning “The LORD will provide.” Jesus is Creator and Provider. What has He provided us with?
 
First, He has provided us with salvation. Mark 6:34 says, “And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.” It is Jesus who gives salvation and that is what His name means, i.e. “Saviour.” He had compassion on the people because they were like lost sheep heading towards destruction. “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). Jesus is the Good Shepherd who Himself is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31).
 
Second, He has provided us with Scripture. When Jesus saw the people so blind and lost, He “began to teach them many things.” He fed them with His Word. The Word of God is more important than bread and butter. Jesus Himself said, “…Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4). Jesus Himself is the Bread of Life: “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst…. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:35,51). Jesus gave His flesh on the cross to suffer and die for our sins and the very same flesh that was crucified on the cross was laid in the tomb and raised the third day. And by so doing, He gave us the Gospel which “is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Rom 1:16).
 
Indeed, God has provided for us all that we need for eternal life—Jesus our Saviour and the Holy Scriptures. Both Saviour and Scripture are 100% perfect in every way. Our salvation is 100% guaranteed all the way.
 
THOUGHT: Read Psalm 23.
PRAYER: “Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68)

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