Prosperity isn’t everything it is cracked up to be. I just gave my beautiful black lab the biggest, most lush bone. It is great and should provide her with endless hours of pure pleasure. Instead she is walking around the house, clutching it between her bright white teeth, crying. Instead of lying down to enjoy it she wants to hide it somewhere and cannot find a secure place. She is fretting like a rich man wondering where to safely stow his riches. I am reminded of the song “I’ve got plenty of nothing and nothing’s plenty for me.” “Folks with plenty of plenty, they got a lock on the door afraid somebody’s gonna rob them while they’re out making more. What for? I got no lock on the door that no way to be. They can steal the rug from the floor, that’s OK with me cause the things that I prize like the stars in the sky are all free.” I thought I might mention this just in case you filled your car with gas today and are feeling a bit panicked about the future.
This is a very good time to remind ourselves of Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount. “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?” “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Sometimes Jesus’ words are challenging to our common sense. But let’s trust Him. He means what He says. First things first and the rest will be cared for. He knows. He is our Creator.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 8, 2011
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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