He owns the Cattle, Mama

Tonight we will talk about what to do when we worry that we aren’t enough or we don’t have enough as mamas.

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Do you ever find yourself wondering if you're enough and if you're going to have enough of what you need as a mama, both in physical sense and in the sense of finances and items needed for raising a family? We're going to talk about that tonight on Midlay Mamas. I've been thinking about this thought and what could keep us up at night and worrying about things that we may or may not feel like we have control over. And I wanted to take you to a place in Scripture where it talks about this very idea. And it's found, first of all, in Psalms 50 and verse 10, which says, For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world in its fullness are mine. Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. This is such a beautiful promise in Scripture that God is the one who owns the cattle in a thousand hills, and that he will be the one to give us and supply for us what we need, and he takes care of us. This psalm particularly is a time where God is talking to his people and he's reminding them in this time about their sacrifices that they would bring to offer at the altar in the temple. And he's saying, I'm not worried about the quantity of your sacrifices, I'm worried about your heart behind it. You see, God doesn't just want us to come to him as if it's because it's a ritual. And here he says very clearly what he wants from us. He says, Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. God says, Just come to me with thanksgiving, come to me and trust me that I will take care of all your needs, because that's my job. My job is to provide those things that you need, and your job is to steward them well. So God says, I am the one who will give it, and you are the one to tend to it and take care of what is given to you. And I think this is especially confronting of us as mamas, because often we put the pressure quietly on ourselves to carry. What if I don't keep producing? We ask. What if I don't keep performing or providing and things fall apart? And God answers to that pressure by saying, I already own it all. You aren't the ultimate source. Come to me with thanksgiving and with your need. And that's why it fits for us, mamas, because we do sometimes feel the weight of provision. And these verses gently tell us to relocate that ownership. The cattle, the hills, the baby, the milk, the finances, they are already his. So, mamas, if you have found yourself stressing about not being enough or not having enough, I want to remind you that you serve the God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills. And he knows what you need, and he longs to give it to you, Mama. I want to take you over now to Psalm 23 in verse 1, which simply says, The Lord is my shepherd. I have all that I need. How beautiful is that for us as mamas, especially in the middle of the night or in the middle of a long day with our babies. Maybe the more that we feel is missing in our lives is more milk or more sleep or more patience, more strength, or more help. What's beautiful about this is that Psalm 23 does not deny the real needs of our nights or our days. It just relocates the source of the supply. The shepherd is present, and because he is present, we are not left wanting. Because Mamas, as our shepherd, he is present and he leads and he protects and he provides for us and he restores. He does not abandon his flock in the dark. The shepherd sees your tired body, he sees your fear of a low supply or the lonely hours. Because he is the shepherd, you are not left to supply yourself. God is the one with the supply. So I want you to remember that you serve a God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, which represents his ownership and his abundance. And then when you think about the shepherd aspect, that's personal. And that shows that he is near and he cares as a shepherd. He watches over us and makes sure that we have everything we need. So, Mamas, tonight, if you find yourself in a place of worry or wanting or wondering, just remember these things, these truths and these verses in the psalms that tell you who God is and that he supplies your needs and he cares for you and he protects you and that he will never abandon you. So tonight I'm gonna ask you to be brave and I'm gonna ask you to just tell the Lord specifically, directly what you're worried about for the lack of something, whether it's the worry for a lack of energy or presence as a mama, knowing what to do, if you feel like you struggle with not feeling like enough. I also want you to come before the Lord if you worry about physical items not being there that you need, like the things you need to take care of your families, the finances, the physical things, and just know that God is there, He is protecting you, He is supplying you, and He loves you. And remember what we talked about in the beginning in Psalm 50 and verse 14 through 15, where he says, Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the days of trouble, I will deliver you and you shall glorify me. God just wants the relationship with you. He just wants you to come and talk with him and let him fill that need that you have. So, mamas, let him do that for you by giving him your honest need and bringing it to him. That's what he wants from you. Remember, he is the provider, and your job is to be the steward of the items that he provides to you. So, mamas, tonight I want to leave you with a blessing. May the Lord bless you and keep you, make his face to shine upon you, be gracious unto you and give you peace. Amen. That comes from Numbers 6, 24 through 26. Until next time, Mamas, I hope that you will remember that God is your shepherd and that he owns the cattle on a thousand hills, and he loves you dearly. We will talk again soon, mamas, and until then, take care.