Jehovah Jireh!!

Hello everyone! It’s been a little over a month so I thought I’d post an update. Leading up to 2024, I prayed that the Lord would give me a word for the year. He gave me the word
Dependency. As I received this word from God, He laid this passage of scripture on my heart:

2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Deuteronomy 8:2-5

While I do not know what the year holds, God has made it clear to me, this will be a year of humility and tests in order to know what is in my heart. A year of refinement, purification, and sanctification. I believe God is going to place me in situations where I have to be fully dependent on Him. At first this terrified me, but throughout the last month, I’ve remembered that God always has and always will provide. I’ve found myself worrying about the future, but I’ve been reminded that God always provides what I need for today. I may not have what I need for tomorrow yet, but when tomorrow becomes today, I KNOW I will have exactly what I need because I serve an on-time faithful God. Being fully dependent on God seemed scary, almost like a gamble or risk, but I’ve realized that I’m not taking a chance at all. Being fully dependent on God to provide is the BEST place I could ever be because I can be fully confident in Him! He was faithful to the Israelites and He is faithful to me! Within just the first month of the year, I’ve seen God provide in unexpected and unexplainable ways, I’ve seen miraculous healings, and I’ve seen His love as a constant shield around me. I am so excited that I get to depend on this mighty Father and not myself!

Call the name Jehovah Jireh!

I am praying that the Lord will continue to humble me, reveal more of Himself to me, give me a deeper understanding of the authority I’ve been given through His Son, and to help me live for His approval alone. What a blessing it is to have an intimate relationship with God, and what a blessing it is to depend on my loving Heavenly Father!