09/03/2026
26 years in this industry. “God will provide” shows up in the same place every single time.
Right when it’s time to act.
That phrase has been turned into a permission slip to avoid the hard decision. And it doesn’t work that way.
Chicago winter. Negative debit card. Car repossessed. Three kids walking a mile in the freezing cold to get to church.
A seven-year-old looked up and said she was cold and hungry.
That moment wasn’t God’s doing. The decisions that led to that sidewalk were.
1 Timothy 5:8 is clear. Anyone who doesn’t provide for his household has denied the faith.
God will provide is true. But He also gave the ability to plan. Using one to avoid the other isn’t faith. It’s procrastination with a scripture attached.