“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (Israel) as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles].” Exodus 6:3 (Amplified Bible)

The God of Abundance

God has many names by which He calls Himself. Here, LORD (the Covenant-Keeping God) and El Shaddai (the Almighty/All-Sufficient God), or, as Joyce Meyers puts it in the Battlefield of the Mind Bible, “the God of More Than Enough.”

Recently my husband had surgery and the co-pay for the insurance was a little more than the total in our savings account. I started to get fearful and try to figure out exactly how much we owed each party (the surgeon, surgery center, imaging facility, etc.) so as not to overpay. I was stressed out and was stressing my husband out, which he definitely did not need.

The day before his surgery, while I tried to find a receipt for something, the Lord asked me, “Why are you living under a spirit of fear and poverty? Haven’t I always provided for your needs?” Thinking back 10 years ago when I was unable to work for an extended period of time, I remembered how El Shaddai provided time and time again in ways that only He could do. He provided the right doctors who believed my symptoms and kept searching until we found answers; perseverance to muddle through the complicated and often draining workman’s comp system; financially, through a variety of ways and people; acceptance, as an acute condition became a chronic one; and the opportunity to delve deeper into His Word and His love.

In John 10:10 Jesus says, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

I was listening to the enemy who was trying to steal my peace and destroy my confidence in the God of Abundance. I confessed my sin, asked for His forgiveness, and felt an immediate peace. The God of More Than Enough has control over “the little more than enough” in our savings account, and was calling me to walk in a spirit of faith and abundance. I know He “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20).

Joyce goes on to comment, “Never forget that He is the God of More Than Enough; think about and speak of His abundance and generosity—expect and be amazed.” His abundance comes in many forms: forgiveness, provision, love, grace, mercy, patience, _________ (fill in the blank). We need and ask. His abundance may not always look like we think it will, but it will be there nonetheless.

“El Shaddai, when we are tempted to be fearful as situations come up in our lives, help us to remember the times You have been faithful. You truly are the God of Abundance. Amen.”