The Israelites did not have direct access to God. It was necessary for them to approach Him through their sacrifices and gifts which were offered by the priests. Now, in our new covenant relationship, we have direct access to the Father. Whatever you need to accomplish the task He has given to you, God will provide it.
Jesus said in John 16:23, 24: "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you ...ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full."
He also declared in Matthew 7:9-11:
"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"
Note those words "how much more"? Then apply this phrase personally:
-How much more will your Heavenly Father supply your needs!
-How much more will your Heavenly Father prosper you!
-How much more will your Heavenly Father use you to extend the Kingdom!
God wants to bring you out of spiritual and financial bondage into a new position of strength where you are looking to Him as your source and depending upon His divine provision to accomplish supernatural purposes.
Before you can fulfill God's purposes in this end-time spiritual harvest, you must have a breakthrough where you are no longer depending upon your own limited abilities, but you are looking to God for His supernatural provision. You must stop focusing on your resources and your selfish desires and place your focus on His Kingdom.
When Jesus first commissioned His disciples and sent them out on an evangelistic campaign to preach the Gospel, He sent them without money or food. He told them in Luke 9:3, "Take nothing for the journey-no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic." Why did Jesus send His disciples out with nothing? He did this so they would learn to depend upon God's supernatural provision. He did not want them to trust in their own limited resources, but to learn how to draw from God's unlimited reservoir. As they went from city to city, God supernaturally provided their needs. There was divine sufficiency and they did not lack anything. Later, Jesus asked them Luke 22:35 AMP, "When I sent you out with no purse or (provision) bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" They answered, "Nothing!"
Jesus sent the disciples out with nothing, yet they lacked nothing. That is truly divine provision! You may have nothing in the natural world, but you will lack nothing that you need to accomplish God's mandates.
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