4. Trusting God in Poverty or Lack

Faith in scarcity.

Theme: Confidence in God’s provision even during financial hardship.

Chapter (4) Provision and Wealth

Bible Verses:

  • Psalms 37:25

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

  • Isaiah 58:10–11

10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  • Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

  • Psalms 23:1

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

  • Philippians 4:19

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

  • Deuteronomy 8:18

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  • 1 Kings 17:16

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

  • Exodus 16:4

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

  • Romans 8:32

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Confessions & Declarations:

  • “I trust God in every season; lack does not define me.”
  • “God provides all I need according to His riches and timing.”

Reflection / Meditation:

Meditate on God’s faithfulness in past seasons of need. Declare confidence and peace even in scarcity.