See No EvilSample

Although she was well before your time, there’s a lady named Ella Fitzgerald who’s lovingly referred to as the “Queen of Jazz.”

·  She’s won 13 Grammy awards.

·  She’s sold over 40 million albums.

·  She’s received medals from two presidents.

·  Her net worth was over $10 million dollars (in the 1930s and 40s!)

·  In 2007, her face was on a U.S. postal stamp.

But this is a lady who was homeless at one point. She had no idea that her voice would put her in the history books one day. But it did!

Like Fitzgerald’s voice, you and I sit on a treasure trove. And like her when she was homeless, sometimes we don’t realize it. 

What is this treasure trove exactly? Well, the apostle Paul highlighted it in a letter he wrote to some people he cared about a lot:

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19 NLT).

God doesn’t run out of abundance. He doesn’t take care of someone we know, and then run out of the ability to take care of us. His “riches” are more than enough for what we need!

The question is, are we accessing it? Are we asking for it? Are we pursuing it?

Or have we become too cynical in our belief that God won’t take care of us?

Today, ask God for more of His glorious riches. This isn’t about money—it’s about all the good that God can bring to your life. It’s about an overflow of goodness that He can put in you to help your life and spill out to help other people.