“…A land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig…be careful that you do not forget the LORD…”
Deuteronomy 6:10-12
A message I heard from an insightful radio host recently, stayed in my spirit. I asked God to give me the wisdom to better share this word with others.
The radio personality said, “God is THE source, everything else is a RE-source.”
The host had further explained that there is a reason why it is called a RE-source. Any word you can think of that has ‘re’ in front of it explains what the root word means – do over, as if to say that it is not the beginning nor the original state.
So I thought deeper about it to in agreement. For example, these words – re-invent, re-do, re-compensate, re-cover, re-align, re-prioritize, all indicate and connote a state aside from the original.
When we were children, our young minds generally expected our parent or guardian to be the source of our needs. Our food, clothing, and shelter was provided by the adult in the home (for those of us who were fortunate enough to have that luxury).
I wonder if we knew as kids, that THE source was not the adult who took care of us, but our heavenly father. I wonder if now as adults, we still are yet to fathom that every single thing that we need or may want can only come from THE source.
God alone, and only God is THE source.
Your job, your family, your friends, your spouse, your partner, your opportunity, your ‘big-break’, your mentor, your investor, your degrees, and your education, are all RE-sources.
But it all begins with the One who first knew you when HE formed you in your mother’s womb.
Friend, how much trust and dependency have you place on all your RE-sources rather than THE source of it all?
Take a moment and consider all the time, effort, and even gratitude you openly give to all your resources. If you are anything like me, you sometimes get so caught up in the presence of the RE-source that you ignore the presence of THE source.
God is THE source.
Your purpose comes from God. Your ambition, God. Your closest, most helpful, most prayerful, most compassionate friends, God. Your supportive family, God. Your influence in even the smallest capacity, God. Your strength, God. Your hope, God. Your money, God. Your wealth, God. Your home, God. Your promises, God. Your abilities, God. Your skills, God. Your talent, God. Even your trials and tribulations, God. Your LIFE, GOD!
God is THE SOURCE of all things. For HE alone made the heaven and the earth.
Friend, it’s all God!
Even when you think or feel like it’s all good, no. It’s all God.
So I want to urge you today to remember that GOD is THE source of all that you need and want in this life and even after this world passes. HE owns it all. HE created it all! So give HIM alone the glory, honor, and praise!
And the same attention ought to be given to the times when you feel your back against the wall because someone or some persons think they are higher than they really are. Remember, they are not the source of your happiness, joy, peace, or comfort, God is.
They might be a re-source, but God is THE only source. And if God be for you, who can be against you?
I pray that we become aware now more than ever that God and God alone, is THE source. May we never again succumb to the thought that anything or anyone can keep us away from the promise and greatness in us. May we live, flourish, and prosper in no other name, but in Jesus name, amen.
