A Prayer for When You're Anxious about Finances

When the apostle Paul wrote this verse, he was in prison. In that day, prisons were designed to psychologically and physically torture a prisoner into confessing. Most prisons were underground, dark, and filthy, and rations were sparse. In fact, many prisoners relied on their friends and family for their needs. So here Paul is saying, in prison, that God supplies all our needs. Imagine you are in prison for doing exactly what God asked you to do. And unable to feed yourself. For most of us, the pressure to cover our everyday costs is enough, but think if you couldn't work for provisions. You may be in a season now where you've lost the ability to provide. Or you need help to provide like you used to. Perhaps you have medical bills that keep piling up. I once heard a man say, "You won't know God as provider until you need Him to provide."

Psalm 24:1 NKJV says, "The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein." And Hebrews 3:4 NKJV says, "For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God." Since God created everything, He can supply all our needs. Everything is the Lord's anyway. The Lord's ability to provide is not contingent on your circumstances. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

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