{"id":12203,"date":"2023-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucbasiapacific.org\/?p=12141"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:36:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T22:36:48","slug":"who-are-you-depending-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/who-are-you-depending-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are You Depending On?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018My God shall supply all your need.\u2019 Philippians\u00a04:19\u00a0KJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How can you tell when you\u2019re depending on people rather than God? When you get upset with your boss because you didn\u2019t get the pay increase you think you deserve. When you become angry with your family because they didn\u2019t lend you the money you asked for. When you do things like that, you\u2019re sitting at the wrong door waiting for your blessing! Yes, it hurts when your efforts aren\u2019t acknowledged. But you must understand this: God will use people as instruments to bless you, but He alone must always be the source of all your blessings!  <\/p>\n<p>Think on these Scriptures: <i>\u2018You may say to yourself, \u201cMy power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.\u201d But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth.\u2019<\/i> (Deuteronomy\u00a08:17\u201318\u00a0NIV)<i> \u2018When God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them\u2026 this is a gift of God.\u2019<\/i> (Ecclesiastes\u00a05:19\u00a0NIV)<i> \u2018She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her\u2026 silver and gold.\u2019<\/i> (Hosea\u00a02:8\u00a0NIV) <\/p>\n<p> What is the problem? Simple: people ignore God and forget He was their true source. We generally pursue and nurture relationships that are rewarding\u2014and that\u2019s important information. Why? Because only when you recognise<i> God<\/i> as the source of all your blessings will you commit to nurturing your relationship with Him.  <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Jesus said, <i>\u2018Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a06:33\u00a0NIV) When you pursue God, sow generously into His Kingdom, and expect Him to meet your needs, your efforts will\u2014in His timing\u2014be blessed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/soulfood\/\">SoulFood<\/a>: Num 11\u201313, Matt 7:1\u201314, Ps 37:25\u201331, Pro 11:5\u20136<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\">The Word for Today<\/em><span style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\"> is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright \u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018My God shall supply all your need.\u2019 Philippians\u00a04:19\u00a0KJV How can you tell when you\u2019re depending on people rather than God? When you get upset with your boss because you didn\u2019t get the pay increase you think you deserve. When you become angry with your family because they didn\u2019t lend you the money you asked for. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[36,35,34,37],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34283,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12203\/revisions\/34283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}