In times of lack or insufficiency, believers can trust in God's provision and care. The apostle Paul writes in Philippians that God will supply all needs according to His riches, while Jesus teaches in Matthew not to worry about material necessities. Delighting in the Lord and seeking His kingdom first, as taught in Psalms and Matthew, allows believers to trust that their needs will be met. The Psalms also remind us that the Lord is near to the poor and needy, as seen in Psalms 40, and will deliver those who call upon Him.
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And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing. Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.