God guides, then provide. He leads, then feeds. That is His rule of faith. An illustration is found in Israel. In the wilderness, the manna fell where the pillar of cloud and fire went—and there only. If Israel missed God’s guiding pillar, they missed breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There is always enough if we are in the spot where He tells us to be.

When we were building our thirty-four-thousand-seat tent in Africa, we were in dire need of finances. The Lord had told me not to take a bank loan, and His instructions are holy to me. Ringing in my ears were the words, “The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine” (Hag. 2:8). Then one day, a very large sum arrived. In fact, it was just what we needed. I hardly could believe my eyes—not because my faith was small. It was because of who sent the gift. The donor was a lady who, in the past, had sent us a couple of dollars a month. Then, suddenly, emailed this large gift! I felt that this was something I had to know about. I visited her to find out what had prompted her to donate this amount. What she told me was almost too exciting to put into words. She said that, in the middle of the night, she received a telephone call. A voice had given her specific instructions to send this particular amount of money to us. “But,” she insisted, “the call was not from a human being. An angel of the Lord spoke to me. I know that because the glory of the Lord filled my room. I knew that God had given me clear instructions. So I did just what He told me.” Well, I thought, if God put an angel in charge of our finances, I need have no sleepless nights. I can sleep the sleep of the just and relax, as long as I am in partnership with Him.

from the book Evangelism by fire (Reinhard Bonnke)