Friday the 4th

^{Hebrews 13:5}

⁵Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,"

We all remember God when things are going bad. Why would God do this to me? What did I do to deserve this? Why me?……sound familiar? We all have said it from time to time. When we are down and out, God is typically in, and pretty high on our list. Yet it is when things are going well that it is easy to lose sight of God. When we are on top of the world it is easy to think that no one can top us….could you imagine the look on God face….I can just see him looking down, and saying “whhhhaaaat?? How does that work, he prays and prays for it to get better, he worked so hard and praised my name, a night did not pass without him bending a knee and asking for guidance, but NOW what happens??? Things get better and no more prayer, no more thanks, no more praising, now all he wants is a flat screen, and a new car, and a new house, and…..jeez when did I go from being God to being Santa?” We all know people like this and perhaps we have even been a little guilty of it ourselves. Folks we have one thing, and it is the only thing we need. We have God, from the time we wake up, to the time we go to sleep, and all the time in between, we have the only thing in our lives that we HAVE to have. Worldly wealth comes and goes, I have known many a rich man who has lost it all, and many beggars that became quite successful. This world is a roller coaster, you are on top one day, and right back to the bottom a few days later. Learn to take it all in stride and hold on to all that the world gives you loosely. Hold tightly to the important thing in your life, God. With him every peak is a little higher, and every low point in not quite as low. Be content with what you have right now, be it a little or be it a lot. I can promise you it will change. Success is a wicked mistress, and wealth is a terrible partner. Both will come on strong, but will leave you cold in the end. They never shine as brightly, or warm you as much as you thought they would when you were chasing them. Drop out of the worldly race, and enter into the spiritual one. Chase after the Lord, you will find that he will provide more than you need, often even more than we deserve. Your bank account will always fluctuate, your faith never should. Your success in this world is a roll of the dice, but your salvation is etched in stone of you will accept it. your new house will not make it to your next life, but the Lord is with you now, he will be with you then. He will never leave you, he will never forsake you.

Be blessed, and be a blessing,

Brian