According to His Riches in Glory

But my God shall supply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:19

A farmer was leaving his house to go into the field. His wife mentioned to him that she was baking his favorite pie for the evening meal. He was delayed in coming in for supper and his children had already eaten. “Is there any of that pie left?” he inquired of his wife. “Why the whole pie is here, waiting for you” she exclaimed! Puzzled, he asked, “Did the kids not eat any pie?” “Yes, they ate all they wanted,” she said. “They were full when they left the table!” “How can that be?” said the farmer.

Jesus went up into a desert place with his disciples. Many people “came together unto him.” When He saw them He was “moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.”

“This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed. Send them away” said the disciples. [But they were not come unto Christ that they might be sent away.] “They have nothing to eat.” “Give them to eat.” “Whence shall we buy bread. . . two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.” [Little is much when God is in it: He Himself would be their sufficiency.] “they were filled.”

Five barley loaves and two small fishes: “what are they among so many.” “And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples. . .When they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.” [Recall the words of the Prodigal: “How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare.”] They filled twelve baskets with the fragments.” Where did they find twelve baskets out in the wilderness? [If our Lord could multiply the bread, then why not also baskets?]

Who is your God? Is he one who might have said, “My hands are now empty; I have no more to give unto these who shall yet be in need: my resources are depleted.” Or is He One to whom the disciples might have gone after everyone had eaten and were filled: “Lord what is that which is in your hands?” “Why, it is five barley loaves and two small fishes!”

By Christ Jesus, and according to His riches in glory, God had [and shall yet] supply their [our] need!”

The farmer’s wife had prepared the pie: it might have had a ‘fruit filling,’ having a crust which was a ‘firm foundation.’ Why will one cut the pie into slices? Because he or she wants to remove them one by one until there remains no pie at all. “Lord. wouldst Thou grant me a piece of Your Pie?” The reply might be, “Why will you have Me cut the Pie in order to give you a slice when I have prepared the Pie in its entirety for you?” Are we heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ hoping to receive a fragment or crumb from His table - or has He prepared the Whole Pie in our behalf, that we may feast together eternally with Him?

The farmer’s wife baked a pie; after all had eaten and were filled, there remained the whole pie! We may freely partake of the bounty of our Lord, knowing that the ‘Pie’ will always remain Whole! He is our portion - our portion is not a slice, a fragment or a crumb! It is Christ in His eternal fullness and glory!