EXTRACT

The manger is outside what man provides for man, but God always provides for those who are content to accept whatever provision He may be pleased to make. God always has had, and always will have, a provision for those who trust in Him, and those who are in dependence on Him will prove it. It may not be luxurious, but it will always suffice for faith.

Truly dependent ones accept what is provided, and find the care of God very sweet even in outward reproach.

C. A. Coates (‘Outline of Luke’s Gospel’, p.26)

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