81. How does God provide us and others with our earthly goods?
He provides for us through
A. the bounty of the earth (air, water, soil, food, minerals, and so on);
Psalm 65:9 You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for so You have prepared it.
Read Deuteronomy 8:7-10 and Psalm 65.
B. the vocation of parents, family, and neighbors;
Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.
Proverbs 1:8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
C. our jobs and careers.
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
Ephesians 4:28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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