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Josh and Heather Avis share the story of wanting to start a family, how they navigated infertility and discovered God’s heart for orphans. When they tentatively considered foster care and adoption, they had no idea how God would lead them to adopt 3 kids, two of whom have Down Syndrome.

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Trusting God for His provision rarely happens in comfort; it’s forged in seasons when resources feel thin, and the future looks uncertain. Long ago, one man stood on a mountain believing that God could provide even in impossible circumstances. On the next Faith & Finance Live, Rob West explores the story in Scripture when God received the name, “The Lord Will Provide.” Then, it’s on to your calls. That’s Faith & Finance Live—biblical wisdom for your financial decisions, weekdays at 4pm Eastern/3pm Central on Moody Radio.

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Trusting God for our financial needs feels especially real when life gets tight. When savings shrink, markets fluctuate, or expenses rise faster than income, the pressure exposes what—or who—we truly rely on.

Long before budgets, retirement accounts, or emergency funds existed, one man stood on a mountain believing God could provide in the most impossible circumstances. His story in Genesis 22 gives us one of the most powerful names of God in all of Scripture: “The Lord Will Provide.” And it offers a blueprint for faithful stewardship today.

Trusting God’s provision rarely happens in comfort. It’s forged in seasons when resources feel thin, and the future looks uncertain.

Throughout Scripture, God’s people learn His faithfulness not at banquets, but in deserts. Not in surplus, but in scarcity. Whether wandering in the wilderness, facing famine, or standing before overwhelming odds, they discover that provision isn’t merely about resources—it’s about relationship.

God is not simply someone who provides. He is the Provider.

But biblical faith isn’t naïve optimism, nor is it passive resignation. Faith rests in God’s character, moves forward in obedience, and trusts Him with the outcome.

Genesis 22 is one of the clearest pictures of this kind of faith.

God asks Abraham to offer Isaac, his son of promise. It’s a shocking command, and we’re meant to feel its weight. Isaac is the one through whom God promised to build a nation “as numerous as the stars.” Without Isaac, the covenant appears to collapse. Yet Abraham obeys.

Before climbing the mountain, he tells his servants, “Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there and worship; then we will come back to you” (Genesis 22:5).

Notice what he says: we will come back. The author of Hebrews explains Abraham’s reasoning: “He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead” (Hebrews 11:19). Abraham trusted that God’s promise was more certain than the circumstances he could see.

And when Abraham raised the knife, God intervened—not before the climb, not halfway up the mountain, but at the exact moment when obedience and trust met. A ram was provided in Isaac’s place.

It’s there Abraham names the place: “The Lord will provide” (Genesis 22:14).

To say God provides isn’t to say He always provides in the way we expect.

It means His character is generous, attentive, and faithful. He knows our needs before we ask. He meets them according to His wisdom—not our timeline. That shifts how we think about financial provision.

Scripture commends diligence. “The hand of the diligent makes rich” (Proverbs 10:4). It warns against laziness. But diligence and provision are not the same thing. We work. God provides the harvest.

Modern financial fear often comes from trying to secure every possible outcome. We want guarantees. We want certainty. We want control. But the great enemy of faith isn’t need—it’s self-reliance.

When we believe we are our own providers, we shoulder a burden we were never designed to carry. The apostle Paul writes, “My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).

Notice the scale and the source: According to His riches, not ours.

When we truly believe God provides, three things begin to shift.

1. We Plan Without Panic

Wisdom plans for the future. Scripture affirms preparation and foresight. But planning becomes idolatry when it tries to eliminate dependence.

Trust allows us to budget, save, and invest without fear driving every decision. Our spreadsheets serve us—they don’t rule us.

2. We Give Witho

We’ve all seen things we’ll never forget. Maybe we saw Old Faithful in Yellowstone. Or we stood on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Or maybe it was watching our child take their first steps. But nothing on earth could have prepared these certain onlookers for the spectacle they were about to see. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, as Pastor Greg Laurie takes us to the Transfiguration of Jesus, we’ll see it left them speechless. Well, should have left them speechless – but one of them spoke anyway.

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Josh and Heather Avis share the story of wanting to start a family, how they navigated infertility and discovered God’s heart for orphans. When they tentatively considered foster care and adoption, they had no idea how God would lead them to adopt 3 kids, two of whom have Down Syndrome.

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