" . . . But [let us trust] in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy."
I like this text (above). Not only does the Lord give us enough to live on--He also provides us "*All* things to enjoy." In other words, every-
thing God has created is to be employed for and subsumed under the welfare and happiness of Christ's church.
Our Heavenly Father is not "stingy," as some foolish people would imagine Him. Instead, He is extraordinarily generous (with those who are His, in Christ). As a matter of fact, God is more than kind to *all* creatures: even to those who hate Him, and will experience His eternal wrath, (cf. Ps. 145:9). Let us more fervently love our God, who "gives us *richly* all things to enjoy."
[Puritan quote of the day: "A true Christian grows in beauty. Grace is the best complexion of the soul. It is, at the first planting, like Rachel: fair to look upon, but, the more it lives, the more it sends forth its rays of beauty." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Art of Divine Contentment"]
