“It is not God’s will that you lead a life of perpetual anxiety. It is not His will that you face every day with dread and trepidation. He made you for more than a life of breath-stealing angst and mind-splitting worry. He has a new chapter for your life. And He is ready to write it.”
Max Lucado, Anxious for Nothing
Celebrate God’s Goodness, Ask God for Help, Leave Your Concerns with Him
M editate on Good Things
- faithful involvement
“Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress.” Philippians 4:14
- Fellowship in the Gospel – Philippians 1: 3-6
- Forthright Giving – 2 Corinthians 9:7
- Follow-up Gift – Proverbs 3:27, Deuteronomy 15:10
- fruitful insight
“Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.”
Philippians 4:17
- Giving for Spiritual Profit – Proverbs 3: 9-10, Matthew 6: 19-21
- Giving as a Sacrifice That’s Pleasing (Worship) – Ephesians 5:1-2
- the father’s intention
“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
- Eternal Fellowship – Ephesians 1:3
- Expressed Fulfillment – 2 Peter 1: 2-3
- Enriching Faith – 1 Corinthians 1: 4-5
CONCLUSION
We see first of all in this verse a great need. God promises to meet all of their need, not all of their wishes, wants or whims. Men have physical needs, mental needs, social needs, economic needs. Men have not only temporal needs, but spiritual and eternal needs. Men need perpetual pardon, perpetual peace, and perpetual power. Secondly, we see in this verse a great Supplier. Paul could not repay the Philippians, but God could and would. There is total supply for a total need. God’s supply in Christ Jesus is infinite, abundant, inexhaustible, limitless, and boundless. He gives according to riches (proportion), not out of His riches (portion). God’s supply is not according to our deserts, but according to His mercy; not out of debt, but out of grace; not according to our emptiness, but according to His fullness; not according to our poverty, but according to His wealth.”
KJV Commentary
