A Sermon
Delivered on Wednesday Evening, April 22nd , 2026, by
Evangelist PAUL ACQUAH,
Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.
We spend so much of our lives running on empty. We look at our circumstances and see a deficit. We hustle, we strive, and even in our faith, we exhaust ourselves trying to convince God to give us what we think we’re missing. But what if the peace you are searching for was established at the beginning of time? Look at creation. God didn’t form humanity in a void and then scramble to sustain us. He created the light, the waters, and the fruit before He created us. His provision always predates our need. Our God is proactive, never reactive.
When Jesus declared, “It is finished,” He permanently secured every blessing and ounce of grace you will ever require. You don’t have to strive for the blessing anymore. Faith simply unlocks what is already yours. In today’s message titled “He’s given us what we need,” Evangelist Paul Acquah shares on shifting your perspective from lack to abundance, and from effort to trust. Be blessed as you listen!
The story of creation demonstrates that God is a loving and proactive Father who has already provided everything necessary for life and godliness, making us not focus on lack but to trust in His prepared, abundant supply. Look at the creation story and you will notice that God provided every need before anything ever had the need. So, the creation story is a foundational example of God’s grace and nature as a provider. God has anticipated your need and has already provided before the need arose. In the creation story, God did not create humanity until all necessary resources—light, land, atmosphere, and sustenance—were already in place. This reveals that God operates from a foundation of abundance and foresight, providing for human needs before they arise. God didn’t create Adam and Eve and then they got hungry and he said, “Oh, well, I’ll provide for you.” Then they needed to breathe, and he said, “Oh, I’ll create air.” God anticipated every need of Adam and Eve, and not only Adam and Eve, but of the entire human race. Before we ever had a need, the supply was already made.
Recognising that God has already supplied the provision before we ever had the need stops a mindset of lack and fear, allowing us to trust in His provision. Because God provided in advance in the beginning, we believe that He has already created the supply for our current needs. See God as a good Father who desires to meet needs, rather than a harsh taskmaster.
Understanding God’s prior provision frees us from anxiety and enables us to live in the abundance and grace already prepared for us. It’s like God set the table and prepared the food before we showed up. That reminds me of the Parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14:17. The master sends his servant at suppertime to tell invited guests, “Come, for all things are now ready”. It’s just like if you go to somebody’s house, they don’t wait until you show up and then start cooking. They invite you and they’ve already prepared. They’ve already set the table. They’ve already got the menu and it’s ready. And so God has already supplied everything before we ever had the need.
God set the table and prepared the food before we showed up. Jesus said it’s finished, everything is ready for us. No More Striving. Because Jesus finished the work, believers must stop trying to earn salvation or forgiveness through individual effort or attempting such an impossible task and instead rest in what has already been accomplished. God establishes the supply before individuals experience the need, always preparing blessings for his children before they even ask or face a challenge. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies” (Psalm 23:5). God sets a feast of blessing and favour, and the enemy is forced to sit on the sidelines and watch God provide for His children. God is our source. It’s not our effort that produces the blessing; rather, God acts as the host who prepares the food and invites us to sit and feast on His mercy and goodness. Children of God are meant to operate from a place of “rest,” knowing that God has already prepared the way, provision, and victory before they arrive at our destination.
He gives us more abundantly. We must rely on God’s abundance and trust that he gives more than we ask or think of. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20). God is not withholding blessings; instead, Christians often fail to receive them because they are not properly “tuning in” to what has already been provided. What have you received in Christ Jesus? Christ came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). That Abundant Life Is Possible. The first step to experiencing abundant life is acknowledging what God has already given you through the born-again experience. Abundant Life is available to you and me Now. The abundant life Jesus came to give to believers is available immediately in the spirit, and through faith, it can be manifested in the physical, mental, and emotional realms.
When Jesus died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (John 19:30). And the Scripture reveals in Ephesians 1:20 that He is now seated at the Father’s right hand. He’s not working anymore. He’s already done it. It is finished! Do you need to be healed today? It’s already been done. Jesus bore your stripes in His body 2,000 years ago. It’s not a matter of if God will heal you; He’s already healed you. Will you receive His gift? Will you put faith in what Jesus has done? Receive what you’ve already got by holding fast the faithful word of God.
We need to rely on the Finished Work of Christ and understand that in the spiritual realm, everything a believer needs—healing, prosperity, and guidance—has already been provided by God through Jesus. The work is completed, not striving for completion. Understand your identityin Christ andlive based on the new identity you have in Christ—free, loved, and as righteous as Jesus is now. Sofocus on God’s grace, finished work, and divine provision. We have been created to Walk in Victory. You need to understand that healing, deliverance, and victory over struggles are already purchased. We do not fight for victory, but rather from a position of victory that already exists.
All the benefits of salvation, including healing, are available right now. The challenge is not getting God to do more but rather renewing your mind to believe what has already been finished. Faith Stands on God’s Promises. Your faith can only receive what God has already provided by grace. Faith does not convince God to do something He hasn’t already done; rather, it is the means by which we take hold of what God has already provided by grace.
When you step out, it shouldn’t be blind faith—it should be confidence in a promise from God guiding your steps. Focus on Promises, Not Problems. To see the manifestation of God’s promises, we need to be focusing on the Word of God rather than on negative circumstances, which can otherwise block the manifestation of God’s will.
