For Provision and Paydays

God of Provision,

Your kindness is evidenced by how you created and generously supply all things.
From the fields blanketed with wild blooms,
That put forth no work or striving for their beauty,
To the birds of the air, who do not store in barns and silos.
A world brimming with magnificent life, remarkable beauty and ordered systems—Your Word tells me that you care for it all.

And you care for me.

Today, I am praising you for this provision in my own life.

As I receive this compensation, I trace its origin back to the giver of all good things.

Forgive me for being so bold as to think that I alone have earned this repayment of my time and energies.
I would not be here without your grace and mercies poured out along my path.
For who has given to you anything that you might repay them?
I am owed nothing by you.

Yet, you supply.

And with the arrival of this bounty, I ask for wisdom.
Help me to rightly allocate these resources.
Give me a kingdom focus and a heart to love others.
Ready to give—because you gave all in Jesus.
Ready to love—because I was first loved by you.

Thank you for these gifts.

May I continue to trust you to provide.

…For from you
and through you
and to you are all things.

To you be glory forever.

Amen.