God Always Provides
Dear Friends,
Could all of this be one huge wake up call?
I think the financial turmoil swirling around us is happening because too many people have replaced God with money as their provider and protector. Since God is in control, maybe the market meltdown has been His way of saying, “WAKE UP!” It’s like He’s telling us that the faster we remember that He is our provider and protector, the faster we will recover to a place of peace and contentment.
There are so many scriptures that clearly tell us we do not need to fear for He will always fulfill the provider and protector roles and will never delegate them. Here are a few citations from which you and your clients can draw wise counsel on how to keep ourselves in the proper role in God’s world:
Matt. 6 "So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing? Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. …And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't He more surely care for you? … And He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for Him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.”
Psalm 91 "You are my defender and protector. You are my God; in you I will trust.”
2 Cor. 9:8 “And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.”
1 Timothy 6:17-19 “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.”
Note that these passages not only tell us He is our provider and protector, but also remind us that we don’t need to hoard money unnecessarily and can be generous with the resources He has entrusted to us. Yes, we should be prepared to take care of ourselves and our families, but just as we ask our clients, “How much is enough?” we would do well to ask ourselves the same question.
What happens when we take on God’s job as our provider and protector, even though He doesn’t want to delegate? Have you or your clients brought scripture to life by exuberantly sharing their resources regardless of their own needs, and experienced the joy that comes from true financial freedom? Share your stories and inspire others to continue to trust in and rely on the Lord.
Blessings,
Ron
How does 1 Timothy 5:8 work in with this message? ("But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.")(NKJV)
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Well said. To add implementation to verses, is much like the farmer and the seed. The parable of where the seed falls, it only grows in cultivated land, not naturally occuring. the farmer doesn't grow the seed, but his faith is in doing all he possibly can, and trusting in the Lord to grow the seed thereafter. too much of what our industry teaches us to do and tell people to do is all based on rate of return, and over emphasizes paper assets. yet, as you know, as a CPA, that cash flow and our earnings at our career has the greatest impact. we can also go the other way, and use it as an excuse to be slothful. even paul, who wrote most of the NT made tents, as a leading accomplished scholar. too many today, say Lord this is my path, or this is all i will do, please bless it.
financial planning has failed people, it has been taken over by the financial institutions as a well hidden media outlet. we need to get back to what the Bible says.
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