Recognizing What God Already Provided Me

[S] Genesis 21:19, 22:13 --
 ¹⁹Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink. 
 ¹³Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

[O] In these two instances God allowed them to see His provisions for the circumstances they each were in because in the midst of their crisis moment, they were unable to notice them initially until God opened their eyes -- Hagar needed drinking water and saw the well of water while Abraham in need of a sacrificial animal saw the ram.  I am wondering if God's provisions for my needs are already near me but I'm unaware of them.  In any event, the key take away is God knows my needs and will provide them.  It's a matter of my recognition and giving my gratitude to Him.

[A] Ask God to open my spiritual vision to recognize what He's doing around me.  Don't get too focused on my own tasks or struggles such that I won't see what God's already provided for my needs.

[P] Dear Father, thank You for knowing exactly where I am and what needs I have; in fact, thank You for providing what I need the most.  May my eyes be looking for Your provision in faith instead of writing off the situation based on my own assessment.  You are indeed my God who takes care of me all the time.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

Monitoring God at Work

[S] John 5:17 --
 ¹⁷But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."

[O] Easily I can say it was easy for Jesus to know His Father was working and for Him to work along side Him.  But He was a full human and He He had to focus on what God was up to in order for Him to follow along.  Despite how He did that the key point here is the fact that He was aligning what He did with what God the Father was doing.  In order to do this, He had to know where God is at work so He may join Him there (as Dr. Henry Blackaby says in His Experiencing God).  At times I'm so busy figuring out what I need to do for God I neglect to find out where He is at work first.  It's like re-inventing the wheels all over again.  Logically speaking, I am doing God's ministry and that means God is already at work some where and my job is to follow His footsteps.

[A] Spend time of prayer to seek where God is at work around me so I may align the small group ministry at our home church to His workings already begun in the midst of us.  Try not to re-invent the ministry He already started.

[P] Dear God, although I glossed over this passage many times, today You revealed to me how important it was for Jesus' ministry to be knowing Your workings first.  Needless to say my ministry must also do that by first finding out where you're working.  I would really like to know that in many aspects and especially please reveal that to me re: the small group ministry at our church; and then about parenting my beautiful children.  I want to follow your footsteps, every step so please show me the way and open the eyes of my heart.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.