# 424 God’s Provisions

The Book of Genesis

Day 424

Ge 45:21 Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them carts, according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.  22 He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.  23 And he sent to his father these things: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father for the journey.

Pharaoh orders Joseph to give his brothers provision for the journey.

Our heavenly Father does the same for us! Jesus told us in Mt 6:31-33,  "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'  32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.  33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

But God not only provides for our physical needs, He also provides for our spiritual needs for the journey through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Jesus told His disciples in Joh 14:26  "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”

Joseph also gave each man a change of garments, and I am reminded of the promise of Re 3:5 "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”

Time after time in the New Testament, we are reminded to put on Christ. Ro 13:14 says, “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”

And in  Ga 3:27 we read, “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

Then in  Col 3:9,10, “Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,  10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,”

God gives us new white garments in Christ at our baptism and He also gives us provision to keep them laundered on a daily basis, through confession and receiving His promise of forgiveness, and by applying the spiritual bleach of righteous acts prompted by the Holy Spirit.

 Re 19:8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Let us thank the Lord daily for His spiritual and physical provision for each of us as we journey home