Our Unlimited God

"Amaziah asked the man of God, 'But what about all that silver I paid to hire the army of Israel? The man of God replied, 'The Lord is able to give you much more than this!'"
1 Chronicles 25:9

I sat down today to do a devotion on the importance of being wise and frugal with the money God gives you but God in His divine way lead me to something a little different. As I searched for Scriptures on this topic I came across the above passage and for me it struck a major chord. Back in August of last year, when my husband was still working for an insurance agency, he sold a rather large policy that would bring in a significant amount of money for us. This was awesome for us because last year had been excruciatingly difficult for us financially. To make a very long story short, my husband ended up leaving the insurance business because it was a 100% commission job with no benefits and we needed something more reliable and stable. (This also was the final kicker to get him back in school to finish his degree!) Anyhow, this one policy was still pending as they needed to collect money from the people. Jon was promised that once they got the money and it all went through, that even though he didn't work there anymore he would get the money. We were happy to hear this as it would pay off some credit cards and give us something to stock away. Today, after 6 months of trying to get this policy issued we found out that not only did their original check bounce, the policy has been canceled because the people never returned any calls after their check bounced. I can definitely see where God was protecting us because we found out these individuals are not reliable and frequently don't pay bills, so we may have ended up owing all that money back (based on how the commission is set up) if we had indeed gotten is and they ended up not paying down the road! That would have been very bad as that money would have then been gone. So as I sat down to write today's devotion God brought me to this verse that I have never read before. Here was a young king, Amaziah, who was gathering an army to avenge the previous king, his father's, assassination. He paid 7,500 pounds of silver to hire the army of Israel to help in this fight. This was not what God wanted so the Lord sent a messenger to him to tell him that he needed to discharge the army of Israel and go with his original army. Amaziah was upset because he had spent so much money hiring them just to lose it all, but the messenger from God said "The Lord is able to give you much more than this." (Amaziah did discharge the army of Israel and do as the Lord wanted. He won the battle, but then made a poor decision to take some false idols back with him to worship... another story for another day!) This verse really stuck with me because it was as if the Lord was saying that He can and will take care of us in better ways than we can imagine. We were not meant to get that money and I believe there was protection in that from God for the reasons I stated above. I also know that God is able to give us much more to take care of all our needs. He is not limited in ways to provide and make things happen. I am so thankful my God is unlimited in resources and power!