Thursday August 28, 2014
'...riches
do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.' Proverbs
27:24 NIV
Where's Your Financial Security?
One large insurance company advertises itself as
'the Rock', claiming to be the foundation of our financial security. Remember
when we trusted these taglines? Not anymore; it's not the same world. Financial
uncertainty characterizes today's world of failing banks, crumbling investment
giants, shrinking multinational corporations, swelling queues of the
under-employed and unemployed, plus an epidemic of fear plaguing the hearts of
the currently-employed. For the young, the joy of graduation has become the
stress of university debts and a shrinking job market. Many older people are
trading in their retirement dreams for a new twenty-first century reality: 'work
till you drop'. In such times, where can we turn? To politicians? To
government? To the next get-rich-quick guru? The Bible says, '...riches do not
endure forever, and a crown [human government] is not secure for all
generations.' (Proverbs 27:24 NIV) What's the answer? Turn to the only reliable
source of security: God! There's no financial crisis in His Kingdom! Israel
hungered and thirsted and He sent them fresh manna, and water from the rock. He
assigned ravens to feed Elijah, multiplied oil and flour to sustain a destitute
widow's family, fed thousands from a boy's lunch of five loaves and two fish.
And He asks us: '...is anything too difficult for Me?' (Jeremiah 32:27 NAS) No!
So: (1) Trust God to provide for you. (2) Do what He tells you to do. (3) Believe
that God 'will'. 'The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with
the price of a field. You will have plenty...to feed you and your family...'
(Proverbs 27:26-27 NIV)
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional
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