God always gives, never takes

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32

Many Christians have misunderstood the scriptures thinking that God gives and also takes away. You’ve probably heard as I have over the years a minister say, “The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”  

I’ve actually heard people speak in reference to a child who may have cancer say something like, “You never know for sure what God’s will is. He might heal the child or He may not.” What they were saying is that although God gave the parents this child, He might take it back from them later.  

Job had this same attitude when he received the news that he had lost his property and children. Thinking that God was the source of his problems and not knowing that it was actually Satan who had come against him, he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21). Such a statement seems to honor God, but in reality, it reveals an erroneous view of our Heavenly Father.  

We are God’s children, and we should know what the Father’s will is for us. He is a giver, not a taker. Jesus said, “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32). It is the devil who is the thief. He comes to steal, kill and destroy. But Jesus came to give us life more abundant (John 10:10).  

While in His earth ministry, Jesus met EVERY need and healed EVERY sickness brought to Him, and at the cross, He gave His own life. NEVER once did He take anything away from the people who came to Him. And the Bible says that whoever has seen Jesus has seen the Father (John 14:9).  

Friends, that means your heavenly Father wants you to know today that He is the one who gives you all good things. And if He has already given us heaven’s best, the Lord Jesus, “how shall He not with Him freely GIVE us all things?” What a wonderful Father we have who loves us so much that He only desires to give and bless us. Praise Him forever more.