Sustainment Without Sustenance

I reflect on the beginning of the 2020 pandemic when most recreational events were starting to close and I asked myself how am I going to keep my sanity when the very things that keep me going are no longer in existence?  As bad as I thought my situation was, I saw others that had it much worse.  Businesses in all industries had to close leaving employees suddenly without jobs.  I’m sure it was devastating to think how they were going to sustain their families and housing without any income.   When what we are depending on to keep us is gone we ask; how do I sustain something with no sustenance?

I’ve seen so many instances and wonder how was that possible when it wasn’t possible.  How you walk through a dangerous neighborhood often and not be attacked?  How do you continue to live in a place in spite of not being able to pay rent?  Why your body didn’t break down when pharmacy ran out of medicine?  Why you don’t feel lonely even though you are alone? And so on.  How is sustainment without sustenance possible?  Jesus gave us the answer in Mark 10:27, basically what’s not possible with man is possible with God.  

And God sustained me in 2020 and beyond.   He showed me new ways to relax and clear my mind outside of the typical activities.  I saw His other sustenance at work like giving business owners new ways to make sales via delivery apps. The government assisted people with income and rental assistance to sustain their families and so on.  My lesson learned was that it wasn’t those activities that were sustaining my mind. It was God’s grace and mercy.  He renewed them daily by sustaining me.

Scripture references:

Mark 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.