It’s been quite some time since I haven’t wrote anything on my blog. Indeed I’ve been busy, but this is not an excuse for you. As you already know I finished my MBA with God’s help. Now, I am supposed to have more free time, but this isn’t necessary so.
This morning God toughed me a few lessons and encouraged me. In the same time told me to share it with you.
I am in tricky situation now. I mean that I am thinking about my future, about where and what I shall be doing in 1 year, or 2 years time. There could be so many possibilities. In the same time, I tend to worry regarding the financial domain of my life. I was thinking about putting something in a safe place, so I would be able to have all I need at certain time.
In all this situation I was told that…
Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.
It happened to me before to worry about those things. But, to tell you the truth I am really blessed with my current situation. There are so many people what do not have what to eat, and have no roof over their head. Yes, it is also true that I do not have my roof over my head, but I have to stay with rent in someone else’s apartment.
Take a look the the next story:
13Someone out of the crowd said, “Teacher, order my brother to give me a fair share of the family inheritance.”
14He replied, “Mister, what makes you think it’s any of my business to be a judge or mediator for you?”
15Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.”
16-19Then he told them this story: “The farm of a certain rich man produced a terrific crop. He talked to himself: ‘What can I do? My barn isn’t big enough for this harvest.’ Then he said, ‘Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll gather in all my grain and goods, and I’ll say to myself, Self, you’ve done well! You’ve got it made and can now retire. Take it easy and have the time of your life!’
20“Just then God showed up and said, ‘Fool! Tonight you die. And your barnful of goods—who gets it?’
21“That’s what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God.”22-24He continued this subject with his disciples. “Don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.25-28“Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can’t even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
29-32“What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.
33-34“Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
Luke 12:13-34
I see that I have to trust more in the Lord.
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Tonight i was at a Bible Study and they talked about faith…and i read your blog about trust…and what comes to my mind is that God gave us promises about our future, and He told us his plan with us, and now all we need is faith!! To believe something which not seen, which is far away..but in the same time is so close..
So trusting God and having faith is the best option!! Hebrews 11
It is so hard some times just to have faith. God shapes and works in me, in all of us in the end, so that we would acquire more and more faith. He is letting us go in to hard times, where nothing really helps us, and in th end we turn to Him. Like this we get to trust more in our Lord. Indeed this is the harder way to achieve faith. There is an easier one… just to trust Him from the first place
It is so difficult in nowadays society to simply trust the invisible God, when Satan is screaming as loud as he can around you, to trust the things in your life, the people or yourself. Sometimes God seems too quiet, distant or too saint for the mortal us.
It is a great blessing to trust Him and focus on the really reliable things - THE ETERNAL ONES!!!! Yuhuuuu!