a note from a new blogger . . .
Introducing my guest blogger: my husband.
Well, actually he isn't writing on here, he wrote this article back in October 2008. I ran across it today & thought it was worth sharing:
Security. Peace of Mind. Faith in our children’s future. Life’s purpose. Time. The ability to aid the least of these. Our thought life. Our prayer life.
The Economy in America is in shambles, and a weak economy displays our reliance on it. Consumerism has become our God.
As the above list displays we give unto our checkbook that which is rightfully Gods.
Last week my family traveled to Tennessee, to participate in a going away party for my younger brother Derick. Derick will be spending the next 10 months traveling the country working with Americorp. As we were driving home we pulled off in Statesville, NC to get gas. All the stations were empty. After the first stop, we stopped at three more exits, and every exit had multiple gas stations that were all out of fuel. Finally we came to a station that was just receiving gas from a tanker truck and so we waited and filled up.
In the meantime, I felt my stomach fall. Fear overwhelmed me. I was worried about the state of our country. I had lost my sense of security. I worried about my kids, wondering what the world would look like when they were older. It shook me when I realized how much my emotions relied upon the American Economy. As we drove from gas station to gas station I could almost hear the voice of God screaming at me, look at everything you have given to money that is rightfully Mine, you cannot serve two masters. I am to control your fears, I am the only one who can give you peace, I am the one who will determine your children's future. As I heard these words, I felt the stranglehold release. For years I have been surrendering to money, that which is rightfully God’s.
Bethany turned to the girls, and said maybe we should pray that God would help us to find gas so we can get to Pop and Ya Ya’s. Ella looked at Bethany and said, “I already did.” Ella knew who controlled our ability to get home, and she wasn’t praying to any government or administration.
Look with me at the list at the beginning of this article, who do you rely on for these things, God or your bank account?
Today render to God what is appropriately His.
