Where Is Your Faith?

Good Morning!! Security means different things to different people. Some feel secure if their health is good, others if their finances are strong, still others if they are surrounded by a loving family and friends. But depending on any earthly people or things can result in disappointment. Suppose you work for a company many years, building up a healthy retirement fund that you are depending on for security in later life. Just before your 60th birthday, the company bankrupts and the retirement fund is no more. Or it may have been placed in your marriage,...and the love, intimacy and security that it implied. And now that's over, and you doubt that you'll ever have it. If your faith has been in that retirement plan, or marriage, you are most likely devastated and fearful for the future.

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.—Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
If we recognize that God, is our real source for whatever we need, we can rest in the assurance that He has a plan, even when we don't see it,...and that He will take care of us. We just need to keep going forward, doing what we can do,...and trusting in Him for the rest.

 

Nothing takes God by surprise. We might not always see, or understand, His plan,...but we can move ahead, knowing that He has everything under control.

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Father, forgive us for the times we've depended on other people and things, only to lose hope when they let us down. Help us to remember that You are our source, and that You are unchanging and totally trustworthy. Thank You for supplying all our needs. Thank you for taking care of us. In Jesus' name. Amen.

" Live the Christian Life in the same way you began it,...believing and trusting in Christ Jesus."