The picture you just looked at reminds me of this passage. These Children have nothing, but are smiling.
I was reading the other day in the book of Joshua after Israel came into the Promised Land; Joshua began dividing up the land between the 12 tribes the way that Moses had planned. When Joshua got to the Levites, he did not give them an inheritance. It says in 13:33, “But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give and inheritance, the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had promised to them.”
I was blown away by this idea. The people of Israel were waiting to get to this great land so that they could obtain a share of it. But upon arrival the tribe of Levi did not get any land. They watched their brothers and families and friends win the land lottery, as they simply stood and watched. Then I continued to read waiting for a complaint, and not one came.
What they received was greater than a land flowing with milk and honey; they received God Himself. God was their inheritance. The Levites were satisfied with God alone. God was enough for them, and they did not need all the stuff to go along with God.
Imagine that today. What if God was all you had; no house, no TV, no car, no money, no food, no clothes, no computer, cell phone, or anything else you can think of? Would you be content? I forgot my phone the other day and felt naked and lost.
Thank God for what you have. But never take for granted that it is all God’s and He can remove it at any time. Job said, “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord.”
God fulfills our every need if we simply let Him. "God teach me that you are all I need before you are all I have."
I was reading the other day in the book of Joshua after Israel came into the Promised Land; Joshua began dividing up the land between the 12 tribes the way that Moses had planned. When Joshua got to the Levites, he did not give them an inheritance. It says in 13:33, “But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give and inheritance, the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had promised to them.”
I was blown away by this idea. The people of Israel were waiting to get to this great land so that they could obtain a share of it. But upon arrival the tribe of Levi did not get any land. They watched their brothers and families and friends win the land lottery, as they simply stood and watched. Then I continued to read waiting for a complaint, and not one came.
What they received was greater than a land flowing with milk and honey; they received God Himself. God was their inheritance. The Levites were satisfied with God alone. God was enough for them, and they did not need all the stuff to go along with God.
Imagine that today. What if God was all you had; no house, no TV, no car, no money, no food, no clothes, no computer, cell phone, or anything else you can think of? Would you be content? I forgot my phone the other day and felt naked and lost.
Thank God for what you have. But never take for granted that it is all God’s and He can remove it at any time. Job said, “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord.”
God fulfills our every need if we simply let Him. "God teach me that you are all I need before you are all I have."
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