Acts 18.3-5 - You gotta eat!

Acts 18.3-5 - You gotta eat!

Every worker for God has material needs. How can you – and your family - survive in the service of God? “Paul…was a tentmaker…he stayed and worked…Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ”(Acts 18.3-5). Here we see two ways God supplied Paul. 1) He worked. Today we call self-supporting Christian workers ‘tent makers.’ Paul’s day job was tents, his calling was to preach. 2) He received support. The fledgling church in Philippi sent financial support for their spiritual father to plant churches in other cities. Of course, the source of supply for all our needs is the Lord Himself – Jehovah Jireh! As we all enjoy serving ‘full time’ we receive both His daily strength in our labors and His surprising mercies of faithful provision.