Your Heavenly Father Knoweth Ye Have Need
God emphasizes trusting Him for material needs, and our faith is tested in everyday life.
A.B. Simpson emphasizes the importance of trusting God not only for spiritual matters but also for our daily material needs. He points out that while it may be easy to claim faith in abstract spiritual concepts, true trust is tested in practical situations involving rent, food, and other necessities. Simpson argues that real faith is revealed when we face challenges that require tangible answers, and that our everyday needs serve as a litmus test for our reliance on God. He challenges listeners to examine whether they are wholly trusting God in all aspects of their lives.
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Christ makes no less of our trust for temporal things than He does for spiritual things. He places much emphasis upon it. Why? Simply because it is harder to trust God for material needs. In spiritual matters we can fool ourselves and think that we are trusting when we are not; but we cannot do so about rent and food and the needs of our bodies. They must come or our faith fails. It is easy to say that we trust Him in things that are a long way off, but there can be no question about it where faith must bring practical answers. When the sun is shining, it is easy to have faith for our needs and to trust God.
But let something arise which irritates and rasps and frets us, and we soon find whether we have real trust or not.
Consequently, the things of everyday life are tests of our real faith in God, and He often puts us where we have to trust for tangible matters-for money and rent, food and clothes. If in these things you are not trusting God wholly, you will break down when you are placed in such tests. Are you trusting God for everything?
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Trusting God for Temporal Things
- The Tests of Our Faith
- The Necessity of Wholly Trusting God
- Everyday life as a test of our real faith
- The consequences of not trusting God for tangible matters
- The breakdown that occurs when we don't trust God
- The importance of trusting God for everything
Key Quotes
“Christ makes no less of our trust for temporal things than He does for spiritual things.” — A.B. Simpson
“If in these things you are not trusting God wholly, you will break down when you are placed in such tests.” — A.B. Simpson
Application Points
- We must trust God wholly for everything, including tangible matters.
- Our faith is tested in everyday life, and we must see if our trust in God brings practical answers.
- If we don't trust God for material needs, we will break down when faced with tests of our faith.