We all have areas of expense that require our priority! A roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes on our back. How we are able to address these needs in todays economy depends on the wisdom ( or should I say common sense) of our decision making.
Finance is a subject that can reveal a great deal about our insecurities and mindsets. (1)It can expose our need to seek acceptence- the style of dress, the car we drive, the vacations we take , the restaurants we frequent, the status we seek! (2) It can create boundries - Things we would not take time to do that we pay others for, preferential entitlements, participation in social events. (3) It creates obligation- to debt, to stewardship, to pretense and self image. (4) It determines choice- how many children to have, future skill levels and education, responses to outside needs,as well as the (5) False judgements - we all make assumptions based on outward appearances, and we all appear as we want others to identify us!
Imagine if you will, a stripped down version of our basic concerns . We need protection for our bodies, a covering that guards us from over exposure. We need nourishment to grow and sustain health and vitality. We need Shelter in which to trust our tired souls to rest. We need relationships that connect us to each other. Finally we need significance in our ability to contribute to community.
Now in light of facing the weight of paper dollars, metal coins, and plastic cards where do we find ourselves? I found myself in the image of a creative God! The HOly Scriptures tell me I was created in His image. That what he created He saw as good. I'm reminded that God so loved me that he gave His only son that if I believe in Jesus, (my paid in full cost to gain full access to all God has when I enter His presence) I too am His child! And as a child I am a dependent!
If your Father in heaven is concerned about how you use the resources that He gives you generously, then you must take an inventory of where they are going and why. A spiritual audit over the care of His property in your keeping. You may be required to ask for more from Him then you now have. He is generous! You may need to give away the excess you have to make right the image you reflect to the world of Him, instead of storing up treasure to self protect. You may need to go deeper in your trust relationship of where He is keeping you to gain wisdom which is more precious than gold. Perhaps you may need a Holy Spirit Make over to discover how you were intended to represent God to this world. We are in this world but not of it!
Because we are a people made up of flesh( will, emotion,body and mind) we need to grasp that if Father ,Son , and Holy Spirit are the royal family and they operate primarily on a supernatural level, we too must enter the realm of Spiritual living. It is the reality we can't touch or see until we by faith believe it exists to accomplish all that is of heavenly priority here on earth. That place in us already has access to all we need to enable the work we are called to in this sojourn.
In these times of fear and anxiety we need to confess that if God is for us who can be against us. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, If man being evil knows how to give good gifts, how much more will your Father in heaven give to those whom he loves! All our needs are met in Christ Jesus.
Dear Father- Give us this day our daily bread! For Body, Soul, Spirit and Mind. Amen!
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