“You sent abundant rain, O God,
to refresh the weary land.
There your people finally settled,
and with a bountiful harvest, O God,
you provided for your needy people.”
Psalm 68:9–10
encouragement for today
Do you feel needy today? (If you do, you’re in touch with your true spiritual condition.) God knows our needs, and he delights in meeting them. Not just spiritual needs, either, though those are the source needs. Here we see God refreshing the land, providing a bountiful harvest—in other words, working in the physical realm. Whatever you need, God knows it and stands ready to provide it. Trust in him, and go out and do whatever reaping of the harvest you need to lay hold of what God has given.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions