1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer, 2 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to 3 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants 5 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: to hear from you. Right after this short word from 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer to trust God's 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: provision when resources run low. A prayer to trust God's 8 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: provision when resources run low, written by Rachel Wojo, read 9 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: by Lea Gerard, and My God will meet all your 10 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ 11 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: Jesus Philippians four nineteen. The email arrived on a Friday morning, 12 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: and it might as well have said change in direction 13 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: in the subject line. I read it twice, then closed 14 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: my laptop and just sat there. It was nothing personal, 15 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: but they were going a different way for various reasons. 16 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: The company had shifted priorities. It wasn't that my work 17 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: wasn't needed, It just wasn't needed anymore with them. Honestly, 18 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: that email felt like the final straw. I'd been running 19 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: on fumes for weeks, working hard and trying new approaches 20 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: that went nowhere. I'd been reaching out to people who 21 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: didn't respond. I kept thinking, if I could figure out 22 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: the right strategy or angle or take the right next steps, 23 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: something would finally click into place. But that particular day, 24 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: I remember sitting there thinking I don't know what else 25 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: to try. It truly felt like I had no options left. 26 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: Lien this what we do. We get so focused on 27 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,679 Speaker 1: our strategies, what we can make happen, and what we 28 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: can produce, that we forget God's provision doesn't depend on 29 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: any of that. Filippians four nineteen doesn't say God will 30 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: meet our needs according to how many options we've exhausted, 31 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: how hard we've worked, or how much we still have 32 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: left in our tanks. It says he'll meet our needs 33 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: according to his riches in glory, not ours his, and 34 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: his doesn't run out. Hallelujah. A friend told me something 35 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: the week before this event that had been resonating with me. 36 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: She said that in the Old Testament God told the 37 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: Israelites to let their land rest every seventh year, the 38 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: whole year, no planting, no harvesting, not a plow to 39 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: the ground. And she said something that stuck with me, Rachel, 40 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: that rest wasn't really about the land. It was about 41 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: their hearts. God wanted them to know they could trust 42 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: him to provide even when they stopped producing. I'd been 43 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: so focused on what I could strategize, what I could 44 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: make happen, what I could produce, that I forgot God's 45 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: provision doesn't depend on any of that. Are you running 46 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: on empty, not necessarily with work, but with something. Maybe 47 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: you're emotionally depleted from taking care of everyone else. Are 48 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: you physically exhausted from demands that never stop. Or is 49 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: it that you're mentally worn out from trying to solve 50 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: problems you can't fix, or financially stretch so thin you're 51 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: not sure how you'll make it to the end of 52 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: the month. Or maybe you've just tried everything you know 53 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: and nothing's working. What I'm learning is that God's supply 54 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: isn't measured by our capacity. When we're running on empty, 55 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: he is still full. His resources don't depend on ours. 56 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: Jesus truly is all you need. Let's pray God. I'm tired, 57 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,559 Speaker 1: I'm running on empty, and I don't have much left. 58 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: I feel depleted, and I confess I've been measuring everything 59 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: by what I have left instead of by what you have. 60 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: I've been trying to exhaust every option before I really 61 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: trust you. I've been thinking that your provision somehow depends 62 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: on my productivity. My strategies are my ability to make 63 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: things work Forgive me for that. Help me trust you 64 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,119 Speaker 1: before I run out of options, not just after. Teach 65 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: me how to rest even when everything in me wants 66 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: to keep striving, strategizing and trying to figure it out. 67 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: Remind me that your riches don't run low just because. 68 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: Mind you, you're not limited by what I can accomplish, produce, 69 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: or figure out on my own. Thank you that your 70 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: supply is enough for all of this, for all of me. 71 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: Help me believe that today in Jesus' name. Amen. If 72 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: you enjoyed this prayer, you'll appreciate the beautiful prayer card 73 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: set thirty one Days of Prayers for the Heart, available 74 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: at cardshop dot rachelwojo dot com. Enjoy and display Rachel 75 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: Wojo's beautiful thirty one day prayer card collection that includes 76 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: a morning prayer, a prayer for the moment, and more. 77 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: Easily place your favorite on display or transition through the 78 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: set using one each day for a month. 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