Yesterday, I was driving back from lunch and started thinking...about money.Do I have enough? Will I pay everything on time? What about my job...is it secure? What if I lose it? What will I do then? When is God going to step in here? Is He already here and I'm ignoring Him? Why do I feel so unfulfilled with what I have? Can I afford to be eating lunch out everyday? Am I making the most out of what I have? Why am I feeling like this as a Christian?
I parked and got out of the car and as I did, a spark of blue in the tree caught my eye. The most beautiful blue jay was just sitting there on a branch...looking around...seemingly unconcerned that I was in its presence. Then it hit me... hard.
Last weekend, Pastor Troy quoted one of my favorite yet most challenging verses:
Matthew 6:25-26 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
I have literally read that verse a hundred times or more. Yet...sometimes I still worry. I wish it weren't so. I wish I could just give my financial concerns over to God and be done with them. Sometimes I think I have to help God by worrying about these matters. I want to help Him manage things sometimes, don't you?
Do you ever feel that way? Here's what I am telling myself this morning as I do this devotional with you...if you ever want to achieve financial freedom...you have to place your worries at the foot of the cross. You will have to sacrifice worry. Sounds easier said than done, right? Here's what I know...if I am obedient and follow what Christ wants me to do (ie; salvation, baptism, tithe, serve and love others), I will have a blessable life. If my life receives blessings from God...what do I have to fret over? I don't want to worry anymore...and I am praying for each one of you to feel the same way. Let's do something about it...let's sacrifice our fear and doubt and replace it with peace and wisdom.
See you tomorrow,
Pastor Brian
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