Will You Not Trust Him for a Crumb?
Believers should trust and lean upon God for lesser gifts, considering the greater gifts He has already given them.
Thomas Brooks emphasizes the importance of trusting God for even the smallest needs, arguing that if God has given us great gifts like salvation and His Son, we should have faith that He will also provide for our lesser needs. He challenges believers to reflect on the abundance they have received and to not let fear or doubt hinder their trust in God's provision for daily necessities. Brooks encourages Christians to reason through their fears and recognize that the same God who has blessed them spiritually will not withhold what they need physically.
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Believers should trust and lean upon God for lesser gifts.
Has God given you a crown--and will you not trust Him for
a crumb? Has He given you a house which has "foundations,
whose builder and maker is God?" Has He given you "a kingdom
which cannot be shaken?" And will you not trust Him for a cottage,
for a little room in this world? Has He given you Himself, His Son,
His Spirit, His grace--and will you not trust Him to give you bread,
and friends, and clothes, and other necessary mercies which He
knows you need? Has He given you the greater--and will deny
you for the lesser? Surely not!
Will you trust that man for much--who has given you but a little?
And will you not trust that God for a little--who has given you much?
Will you not trust Him for pence--who has given you pounds?
O sirs! has the Lord given you Himself, the best of favors--and
will not you trust Him for the least favors?
Has He given you pearls--and will not you trust Him for pins?
Does not the apostle argue sweetly in Romans 8:32, "He who did
not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all--how will He not
also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" What! says the
apostle, has God given us His Son, His only Son, His bosom Son,
His beloved Son, the Son of His joy, the Son of His delights? Oh
how can He then but cast in all other things into the bargain--such
as wrapping paper and packing thread?
Oh! that Christians would learn to reason themselves out of their
fears, and out of their distrusts--as the apostle does. Oh! that
Christians would no longer rend and rack their precious souls
with fears and cares, but rest satisfied in this--that He who has
been so kind to them in spirituals, will not be lacking to them
in temporals.
Sermon Outline
- Trust God for Lesser Gifts
- Has God given you a crown, and will you not trust Him for a crumb?
- Consider the greater gifts God has given you
- Trust God for the lesser gifts as well
Key Quotes
“Will you trust that man for much--who has given you but a little? And will you not trust that God for a little--who has given you much?” — Thomas Brooks
“He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all--how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?” — Thomas Brooks
“Oh! that Christians would learn to reason themselves out of their fears, and out of their distrusts--as the apostle does.” — Thomas Brooks
Application Points
- You should trust God for the lesser gifts in life, just as you would trust a man who has given you a little.
- Reason yourself out of your fears and doubts, and trust in God's goodness and kindness.
- Consider the greater gifts God has given you, and trust that He will provide for your needs.