vider of your life? How blessed and wonderful He is in making provision for His people. Sometimes He does it through business, while on other occa sions it may be through friends. He always fills the heart with good things. I read one time about a Confucian priest who was saved. He had a brother who was also a Confucian priest. After his conversion, however, the unsaved brother asked him, “Say, how does your God feed you? How are you getting on?” The converted man responded, “Oh, I’m coming along very nicely. The Lord always provides.” Then he was asked, “But, do you have anything for supper in the house?” The saved man smiled and replied, “No, but you see it’s only one o’clock. I don’t eat supper until six. That is when my Father feeds me.” About 4:00 the priest returned to see what might have happened. Again he wanted to know, “Brother, do you have your supper provided?” Again he was reminded that his meal was still two hours away. The brother returned again at 5:00, and then finally at 5:55. This time the brother, seeing that no provision had been made, was ready to make fun of his new-found faith. As they stood out on the front porch talking, a bunch of crows flew over head. They were all fighting over something that seemed to be a delecta ble morsel. All of a sudden a nice loaf of hot bread fell down. One of these crows had evidently stolen it out of somebody’s kitchen window where it was put to cool. So, with implicit faith and trust, the converted priest testi fied to his brother who went away saying, “Well, you have a God I don’t know. He’s one I never have trusted.” This is the way the Lord always does for us. He abundantly provides, perhaps not just when we want Him to, but rather when He knows it will be for our best. The Bible says, “He openeth His hand, and the desire of every living thing is satisfied.” Sup pose you had to feed all of nature. How would you go about it? God opens His hand so that the desire of every
Dr. Milton (. Gould (left), Biota Alumni presi dent, goes over plans for soon-to-be erected Missions-Alumni building on Campus with Dr. S. H. Sutherland. Alumni executive secretary William Eitzen looks on. living thing may be satisfied. That is a wonderful thing that He would find something to eat for everything He has made. The Psalmist tells us that our times are in His hand. I met a dear man of God recently whom I hadn’t seen for about 25 years. He came to my morn ing service, and I was surprised to see him. Very often the Lord sends someone into my pathway whom He wants me to deal with. The same is true with you. After all, we are the sheep of His hand. David said, “He maketh me to lie down in green pas tures.” A sheep will only lie down if it is not afraid and not hungry. The Lord has completely satisfied our lives when we follow His perfect will day by day. What a joy it was to wit ness to this dear friend whom I hadn’t seen for such a long time. The Lord may clean your pasture from one time to another. Yet, He never asks us to lie down on sticks and stones. God is busy training us for eternity. He wants us to know Him better as we walk with Him in complete confidence and trust. Remem ber, beloved, you are one of His sheep and He will feed and care for you always. 8
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