March 20
DIVINE PROVISION
"Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today
is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith." Matt. 6:30
Clothes are expensive, and poor believers may be led into anxiety
as to where their next suit will come from. The soles are thin; how
shall we get new shoes? See how our thoughtful Lord has provided
against this care. Our heavenly Father clothes the grass of the field
with a splendor such as Solomon could not equal: will He not clothe
His own children? We are sure He will. There may be many a patch and a
darn, but raiment we shall have.
A poor minister found his clothes nearly threadbare, and so far
gone that they would hardly hold together; but as a servant of the
Lord he expected his Master to find him his livery. It so happened
that the writer on a visit to a friend had the loan of the good man's
pulpit, and it came into his mind to make a collection for him, and
there was his suit. Many other cases we have seen in which those who
have served the Lord have found Him considerate of their wardrobe. He
who made man so that when he had sinned he needed garments, also in
mercy supplied him with them; and those which the Lord gave to our
first parents were far better than those they made for themselves.