Monday, October 02, 2006

Kingdom blessings

Catherine Marshall writes:
"If we are to believe Jesus, his Father and our Father is the God of all life and his caring and provision include a sheepherder's lost lamb, a falling sparrow, a sick child, the hunger pangs of a crowd of four thousand, the need for wine at a wedding feast, and the plight of professional fishermen who toiled all night and caught nothing. These vignettes, scattered through the Gospels like little patches of gold dust, say to us, 'No creaturely need is outside the scope or range of prayer.'"

You don't have to go very deep into Scripture to discover that God loves to provide for his creation. The Garden of Eden was a place of abundance, and it was said, "the gold of that land is good" (Gen. 2:11). Consider the description given at the end of the Bible of our eternal home: "The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass" (Rev. 21:21).

Many teach that God's provision is for "spiritual things" and not the physical. Not so. The abundance of scripture plainly show God provides both the spiritual and physical alike.

Of course, we must keep our priorities right, for the love of money is the root of all evil, 1 Timothy 6:10. No one in their right mind disputes that. But it's just as wrong to throw out any physical blessings from God because a few abuse the doctrine.

There is a good and dark side to money. Being generous and under His Lordship will protect you from the dark side of money.

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