This is the third post that I will be undertaking over the next 2 weeks in which we will be looking at everything (pretty much!) Jesus said about money in the gospels. In order to do this I will be putting up two posts each day. This is coinciding with a 2-week preaching series that we going through at Community Church Putney- Jesus On Giving.
What do you do when
you don’t have enough money? Maybe you cannot pay the rent, afford that
new school uniform, go on holiday…
God definitely has
the resources to make our lives comfortable, so why does He allow most of us to
be financially challenged?
The Lord’s Prayer
teaches us that we are weak and dependent upon our ‘Heavenly
Father’ for everything in our lives. As part of this prayer we are to
pray,
'Give us today our daily bread.’ (Matthew
6:11)
One needs to be
constantly re-alligned; we are disposed to veer off from humility to
having an inflated ego, independence and pride.
Our financial
needs and limitations are a daily reminder of our dependence upon our
Father for everything: for our basic needs right through to our salvation; for everything
we are dependent upon our Heavenly Father!
This is why Jesus
said, ‘blessed are the poor in Spirit’- those who truly see their weakness
and dependence readily confess that they are sinners, in spiritual poverty, and
Jesus died to save sinners like them!
Jesus teaches us
to pray for financial needs; beyond being a reminder of our humanity, it is
also a daily promise that God is a willing provider! So let's pray expectantly
and regularly for our financial needs.
Take a moment to
ask God to search you: Are you praying regularly and with expectation for your
or another’s financial needs?
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