142. Basket and Store
Deuteronomy 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
The promised blessings of God are designed to cover everything needful. The basket and the store cover daily needs and provisions for more than the day. Today, we might use the words pocketbook and bank account. The money that we need to spend on daily, routine living expenses is the basket. The money we need to save in reserve for later and larger expenses, or for a rainy day, is the store. The Lord’s blessings cover daily and monthly needs in addition to once in a while needs and emergencies as they come up.
This is the dream of most people: to always have enough money to get what we want and need besides having enough left over for larger purchases as the need or want arises. God is good to meet our needs; God is more than kind to provide some of our wants. We learn that God is good and God will provide what is needed for a happy and well-lived life. We learn to trust in the Lord for all things needful. We learn to “seek first the kingdom of God,” and to “choose the one thing needful,” like Mary, sister of Martha. We learn to believe that the Lord will keep His promises and give the blessings needed as we go about the business of living out our various callings. We learn to take care of others as God is taking care of us according to His promise to do so. The Holy Spirit teaches and gives this kind of faith, and “the just shall live by faith.”
Jesus wants us to ask for God’s daily blessings, and at the same time giving thanks for daily provision, thus: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Then trust God to bless your basket and your store.