Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another morning's with the Masters, where we

devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, you guys. Good morning, indeed.

We're picking up with day two of our confidence in the calling devotional and the Bible app.

There's a link to that in the description if you guys want to follow along with us.

And as always, I'm going to read the scripture that Tori is going to pick with the

Devo. Let's do it. The scripture is Matthew chapter 7, verse 7 through 11, and they say

this, keep on asking and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking and you will

find. Keep on knocking and the door will be open to you. For everyone who asks receives,

everyone who seeks finds into everyone who knocks the door will be opened. You parents,

if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they

ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not. So if you sinful people know

how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give

good gifts to those who ask Him? The devotional is titled at calling and provision. It says

this, scripture reminds us time and time again that God provides. So why the conundrum?

Why the doubt? Why the fear of not having enough? Alongside calling is often a sense

of lack. We can't do it on our own. We haven't the talent, skills, resources or people. If

you feel like this right now, you are probably on the right track. This is God's design

for us that we partner with God in His mission and with other people. We also get to lean

into and learn from each other. It was never God's intention that we would be independent

and self-sufficient. However, regardless of how many times we have read or experienced

that God is good and desires to give good gifts to His children, many of us still tend

to have a natural inclination towards scarcity over abundance. Augustine writes, God is

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