So much emphasis today is on the election, the economy, the future. Isn't it a wonderful opportunity to inject a bit of faith in the mix?
When a conversation shifts to the election, we could talk about the glory of being part of the elect of God. We could introduce how faith in Christ is at the center of our future. We could say that man has been trying to place their trust in man from the beginning of time and it has failed over and over again. Self-sufficiency always fails.
We could share a Red Sea experience in which only God could be credited in our lives. (Don't you have ONE?) We could describe that even though we've experienced tough times in our lives financially (which I have, have you?), that we have seen the provision of God and known the sufficiency of His sovereign grace. When folks share how desparate they are because impending job loss, or business demise, we could offer to pray for them--right then and there. When it is apparent to us that someone we know is having financial difficulty, we could forego our trip to our favorite restaurant and send them an anonymous twenty in the mail with a tract that says, God cares and so do I. (Make up a few of those tracts yourself.)
"Let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities," Hebrews 10:24
When fear rules the heart of man, faith is absent. Oh we of little faith that we trust in chariots and horses. How many blessings have we missed in life because we lacked the faith to see God move?
My husband and I were chatting over our morning coffee today as we watched the Dow drop 192 points. Pundits paraded people across the screen to add to the gloom and doom of the uselessness of the bail-out bill. Critics chopped Palin and Biden to mincemeat as each tried to affix our attention on the negatives of each person who would debate tonight. It was not very inspirational. It gave no hope for today or tomorrow.
My husband got up to get the coffee pot (it was his turn to refill our mugs). And I said, "Ya know what? It doesn't matter if the economy tanks and the Dow drops to negative 1,000. We have each other, and we have Jesus. So many people have no one, nor Jesus."
I felt rather blessed at the thought of all I have, how about you? selahV
