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“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread .”
Psalm 37:25

I can remember a time when my daughter was a baby and I did not have enough milk for her. She was on her last bottle and I was crying out to the Lord. I remember watching her take the last drop. During this time I was anxious and praying, “Lord YOU said in YOUR WORD, “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread .” Psalm 37:25. Well to tell you the truth I said it more like this, “Lawwwwd !!!!, Lawwwd !!!!!, sob, sob, sob, scream, Lawwwd!!!!! yooou saidddd I woullllld neverrr have to begggg!!!! Lawwwd!!!!, pleasssse HELLLP meee!” LOL!!!

To be truthful, even as an adult I truly didn't have revelation on what it meant in the word that the righteous never had to beg. Oh I said it and I believed it because if God said it then it's true. 2 Timothy 3:16. But I felt like I was begging for milk so where was it. Yeah maybe the author David never seen the righteous begging bread but I was one of the righteous and I was begging bread. But I found that the reason I fell into this desperate state of mind is because I overlooked the word “forsaken” and went straight to beg. I begin begging as if I was forsaken.

“.....and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have ]; for He [God] Himself has said , I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]” Hebrews 13:5 (Amp)

To be satisfied in my present circumstance without milk for my child was to know that I was not forsaken nor was I without support because the Almighty, All Sufficient God was there with me. My begging, crying and sobbing was as if I was pleading with a man not GOD. And “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 And His Word said, "...my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus .” Philippians 4:19 So there was no need to have such a fit.

I love this translation, “I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.” Psalm 37:25 (NET)

If I would have stopped for a moment and recognized Who I as asking, El Shaddai the ALL Sufficient ONE, the MORE than Enough God, my Nourisher who feeds me and sustains me, “JEHOVAH JIREH” my PROVIDER. I could have rested in His instructions to, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
[the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly] with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6

So today if you are feeling like you are pleading and begging and now feeling abandoned, stop for a moment and:

• Remember His promise, “…. for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]” Hebrews 13:5 (Amp).
• Remember Who you are asking. The King of kings, the Lord of lords, El Shaddai the ALL Sufficient One, Jehovah Jireh- My Provider, Jehovah Rophe – The Lord My Health, My Healer, Jehovah Rohi – The Lord my Shepherd I shall not want.
• Then Believe in God. David said, “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13
• Then Ttrust Him, Rest in His promise, and WAIT on Him. "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” Psalms 27:14 He will give the strength to wait for He will “… renew their strength; they (you) shall mount up with wings as eagles; they (you) shall run, and not be weary; and they (you) shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
• And your answer will be manifested. "Ask and it shall be given you..." Matthew 7:7 "For every one that asketh receiveth...." Mathew 7:8 Why? Because “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 I don't remember how, when, or where the milk came from but I know I can remember many, many, many bottles of milk thereafter.

God says, “___________________, (insert your name) you have asked, I have heard and have already answered. For I knew what you needed before you asked. If you can give your children good gifts how much more shall I give you, my child, even more. Today simply have faith in Me and wait, it will surely come to pass.”

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How many of you can testify that it is most certainly true, He may not come when you want Him but He is always, always on time?!!!

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