angela hormberg

Tag: God’s Provision

  • Proverbs 10:3

    Proverbs 10:3

    God’s Provision

    Commonplace –

    “The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked” (Proverbs 10:3).

    The subject of Proverbs 10:3 is God, and the focus is on His provision for the righteous and the wicked. The soul of the righteous will be fed, but the material gain of the wicked will be thrown out. Each outcome relates to the specific loves of the righteous and the wicked. The righteous apply themselves to eternal things, so their reward is eternal, centered on their soul being nourished. While the wicked apply themselves to material things, so their outcome is related to what happens to those material, earthly things they hold dear, which will be tossed out.

    Since it’s Christmas time, this verse turns my mind to Charles Dickens’ tale, A Christmas Carol . When Scrooge is given a peek into his future, one of the scenes he observes is his clothing being bartered away. We observe something similar when someone passes away. Their things are divided: some are thrown out, some are sold, and the rest are given away. None of these things have an eternal aspect, and, eventually, all those things come to nothing. So, why do we spend so much time accumulating things that profit us nothing? Well, some of it we need while we are here: clothes, houses, cars, etc. The crucial point is not to impart more meaning and significance into those things. Otherwise, we risk turning them into gods.

    Cross References from Biblehub.com

    Psalm 34:10
    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

    Matthew 6:31-33
    Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ / For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. / But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

    Psalm 37:25
    I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

    Philippians 4:19
    And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

    Psalm 23:1
    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    Luke 12:22-24
    Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. / For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. / Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

    Psalm 84:11
    For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

    Matthew 5:6
    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

    Psalm 145:15-16
    The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. / You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

    1 Peter 5:7
    Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

    Psalm 37:19
    In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

    Romans 8:32
    He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

    Psalm 111:5
    He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

    2 Corinthians 9:8
    And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

    Psalm 132:15
    I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

    Works Cited

    “Proverbs 10:3”. Biblehub.com. https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-3.htm#google_vignette. Accessed 12 Dec 2025.

    Henry, Matthew. “Proverbs 10:3.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3 and Volume 6, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg

  • Psalm 66

    Psalm 66

    Commonplace –

    “O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

    Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be moved” (Psalm 66:8-9).

    and

    “Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for m y soul” (Psalm 66:16).

    First, David proclaims what God does for all His people: he holds our souls and fixes our soles. Then, David proclaims what God has done for him, specifically, through his testimony. Here David is teaching us how to preach: Proclaim God’s good works, which he universally does for the church, and proclaim God’s good works for us, individually, specifically through our testimony, our life.

    Matthew Henry wisely observes:

    “If we have learned in everything to give thanks for ancient and modern mercies, public and personal mercies, we shall know how to sing this psalm with grace and understanding” (Henry 390).

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 66.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg

  • Psalm 65

    Psalm 65

    Commonplace –

    “O you who hear prayer” (Psalm 65:2a)

    God does hear prayer. He does give answers. David testified to answered prayers.

    “You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly” (Psalm 65:9)

    Theodoret wisely noted in his work, Cure of the Greek Maladies or Knowledge of the Gospel Truth from the Greek Philosophy,

    “The other nations , through the works of nature and the creation , were led to a knowledge of their God by Him who is Lord of all things. And as in His wonderful bounty He sends His rain, chiefly indeed on the cultivated soil, and that for the service of man, and yet from the abundance of His goodness He waters even the deserts and the mountains; and the land which man has ploughed brings forth a perfect fruit, and that which he has not laboured brings forth wild fruit;

    The Lord rains on the cultivated and uncultivated field.

    It is worthwhile to ponder Matthew Henry’s summary of this psalm.

    “In this psalm we are directed to give to God the glory of his power and goodness, which appear,

    I. In the kingdom of grace (v.1), hearing prayer (v.2), pardoning sin (v.3), satisfying the souls of the people (v.4), protecting and supporting them (v.5).

    II. In the kingdom of Providence, fixing the mountains (v.6), calming the sea (v.7), preserving the regular succession of day and night (v.8), and making the earth fruitful (v.9-13).

    These are blessings we are all indebted to God for, and therefore we may easily accommodate this psalm to ourselves in singing it.

    The kingdom of grace is toward the people, themselves, and the kingdom of providence God working all things together for the good through his creation.

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 65.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg

  • 2025 Rtb: Genesis 11 and 12

    2025

    Read Through the Bible

    Day 8: Genesis 11 – 12

    Genesis 11 begins with the account of the Tower of Babel and ends with a recounting of the line of Shem till we have the birth of Abraham.

    Genesis 12 recounts the call of Abraham. God commands Abraham:

    “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee” (Genesis 12:1 b)

    God called Abraham away from all that he knew. Through circumstances, a famine, Abraham went into Egypt. Under the pretense of a lie, that Sarai was his sister, when in fact she was his wife, Abraham entered Egypt. Pharaoh took Sarai into his house and gave Abraham riches. Plagues were sent upon Pharaoh, because he had Sarai in his house. Eventually, Pharaoh realized Sarai was actually Abraham’s wife and called Abraham to come and take her and leave Egypt. Abraham left with all the riches Pharaoh had given him

    “And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning [Abraham]: and they sent [Abraham] away, and his wife, and all that he had” (Genesis 12:20).

    Here we have a foreshadowing of how a future Pharaoh will be plagued on behalf of God’s people and how the Israelites will also leave Pharaoh’s land taking with them the wealth of the Egyptians.

    Even when circumstances lead one into the path of the wicked, God uses the wicked to bless his people.

    Lord, watch over me and protect me. Help me to see your provision, even when I am surrounded by the wicked. Help me to cast my cares on you and thank you, when you save me. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

    Henry, Matthew. “Volume 1: Genesis.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg