Being in the second week of my Camino experience in northern Spain (a famous pilgrim’s way to Santiago de Compostela, also known as the Way of James), I have learnt to depend more on faith than long-term planning.

There is a slogan pilgrims share that illustrates that mindset: “The Camino provides.”

The Spanish equivalent is slightly longer though: “El Camino prove fantascosas como hay peregrinos!” (The Camino provides as many things as there are pilgrims)

For those who walk the Way of James, it expresses the confidence that whatever you need — whether food, water, clothing, or shelter, but also courage, hope, or a listening ear — God will find a way to let you find it.

We had a good laugh each time we experienced this provision. Right at the beginning we realised we did not have sufficient rain protection for one of our backpacks.

And there it was, a rain poncho another pilgrim had left behind. The Camino provides!

Our first room had a dozen flies driving us crazy. However, in the communal room there were old newspapers that, rolled up, made great fly swatters and after a few minutes we found restful sleep.

At our second location in Rondesvalles we were unaware that the restaurant we had seen would close at 9pm. There was only a monastery and three houses. We were tired and really hungry from passing 4,500 feet altitude and a day of hiking.

But the hotel restaurant next to the monastery of Roncesvalles had open until 10pm. I had the best beef tenderloin of my life, and that for $20 including a delicious salad, pimientos and fries. The Camino provides.

Along the way, there are all kinds of bushes and trees that provide in different seasons all kinds of berries, plums, cherries, hazelnuts, walnuts, apples and more.

Even for writing my columns the Camino provided. I was ready to write on my four-year-old Chinese phone and quickly wearied of that workflow (the columns would have been shorter) when my oldest, Andreas, said he had an e-reader that can convert handwriting into printed text.

After my daughter joined us for a few days before Pamplona the clouds disappeared and it go hot.

We loved the mirabelle plums we found when the heat was at its peak. I had forgotten to bring shades, and there was a nice pair on the ground along the way.

At the middle of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages us not to worry but trust that our heavenly Father will provide for all our needs. (Matthew 6:25-34).

He tells us not to worry about what to eat or to wear, but learn from the birds which neither sow, nor harvest, or the lilies on the field which are clothed even better than Solomon in all his splendour.

He concludes “so do not worry, saying ‘what shall we eat?’ or ‘what shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:31-34; NIV)

Isn’t that a great message? Especially in our times where the news may make us worry and insurance advertisements try to make us afraid for our future though we surely live in times with' unprecedented wealth and security.

God will always provide for those who seek his reign in their lives, who trust him and who are willing to become part of the supply chain for others in need.

Somebody planted those trees decades ago well aware that pilgrims will eat from them one day. Another pilgrim left his rain poncho behind, maybe only to reduce his weight.

My Camino experience teaches me to be grateful for the little miracles and provisions every day, for the people I meet, the smiles and the good wishes.

To trust God's provision also can help to live through tough times.

The Camino provides.

• Karsten Decker was the pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Bermuda from 2010 to 2017, and after returning from Germany is now the temporary pulpit supply at Centenary United Methodist Church in Smith’s