The Lord provides.

Do you trust in His divine providence?

Trust in God’s providence is the true attitude of a believer.

When the people of Israel returned from captivity in Babylon, they needed help to rebuild the Temple—the very centre of their identity and pride as God’s people. The Lord provided that help through the unlikely support of foreign kings of Persia. Ezra, in today’s first reading (Ezra 9:5–9), falls on his knees in humility, praising God for sustaining His people even in captivity. He recalls how they went from being captives to a free and supported nation. He testifies: “suddenly” the Lord showed them favour.

I pray for you reading this today:
May you experience sudden favour and miracle.
May you experience sudden healing and restoration.
May your family receive sudden peace, healing, and love. Amen.

The Lord provides in His own time.

He did it for Israel in Ezra’s time, and He continues to do it for us today.

In the Gospel (Luke 9:1–6), Jesus sends out the apostles on mission with nothing-no staff, no bag, no bread, no money-only faith. And they lacked nothing. Their strength and success came not from what they carried but from whom they trusted. This is divine providence at work.

How does divine providence work?

Divine providence is God’s loving care guiding every detail of our lives. It often works through ordinary means: through people He sends, opportunities He opens, strength He supplies, and peace He plants in our hearts. Sometimes it works “suddenly,” with miracles we never expected. At other times it unfolds quietly, step by step, like the daily bread He provides.

What matters is trust, because when we lean on God, He never fails.

Lord, help us to trust in Your providence at all times. Teach us to depend not on what we hold in our hands but on the grace You pour into our lives. May we, like the apostles, go forward in faith, confident that You will provide all that we need.

Amen.