God's Provision in Uncertainty

God's Provision in Uncertainty

by Luke Nelessen This year has been full of so many changes for our team at World Relief Wisconsin, but I never anticipated milking a goat as part of my job. Well, that’s not quite what happened. Yet, I did milk a goat! And it was kind of related to my job. Let me explain. Late in the spring, I heard that our Chippewa Valley team would be losing a few team members. As a regional coordinator working across the state of Wisconsin, I wondered if th…

The Quantity and the Quality of God’s Provision

The Bible is full of stories of the provision of God. God provides sons, food, deliverance, hope, and money. Take, for example, the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarapheth in 1 Kings 17. God’s prophet announced that because of the idolatry in the land, the Lord would be withholding rain. We read later that it was at least three years between the declaration and when the rain started to fall, and during that time, God provided for the needs of…