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I was waiting at the trail head for the rest of the hiking group.
It started to sprinkle and was an unusually cold morning for Las Vegas. I saw
movement up at the top of the cliffs and got my binoculars focused on one large
golden eagle sitting at the edge of the cliff and another circling in the sky.
They were getting ready to fly above the oncoming storm. Being above the storm,
they cruise along peacefully. If only we could be as smart!
The financial systems of the world have failed. Most people
trusted in some aspect of those failing systems and lost money. And now the
devil wants to fill us with fear about the future. We can't let him do
that. The Lord has already rescued us and made a way for us to rise above
like the eagle.
Our God is a good God. That sounds like a no-brainer, but how
often have we gotten worried, scared or angry about our circumstances and felt
our present situation and our future looks pretty dim?
This happened to me a few years ago. Las Vegas wasn’t building, so
painters like me didn’t have jobs. When this happens I normally do a lot of
side jobs, but people were being tight with their money and didn’t want to pay
for extra projects. Besides that, I was caring for a sick friend so I had more
things I needed to pay for. Things were really going downhill financially. It
hit me like a brick wall, but friends and family helped and I cut way back on
my spending, cutting my bills down, etc. It didn’t hurt me a bit.
I was glad to experience what I did. The Lord showed me how to
cruise through, one event at a time. My low financial state took me to new
heights spiritually.
I met some of the greatest and most loving people in the most
unexpected places—places I’d never even thought of visiting before. The Lord
was showing me a wealth of blessings and only a small part of it had to do with
money prosperity.
In the last several years there has been so much teaching about
financial prosperity that many Christians (including me) have felt ashamed if
they haven’t become instantly rich like the church leaders and others whose
testimonies we hear. I’ve come to believe that’s wrong.
The Bible says, “They shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and
in the days of famine they shall be satisfied” (Ps 37:19). The NIV reads: “In
times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy
plenty.” And in the NAS: “They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in
the days of famine they will have abundance.” That abundance is not just
referring to money. If we truly have God and his son Jesus Christ, we have
everything and if we don’t have them, we have nothing.
I was financially poor a few years ago, and yet with God I soared
like an eagle above the storm because I learned to ride the Word. What I
received spiritually and in my soul was wonderful and worth so much.
No matter what our situations may look like and no matter what the
world’s financial circumstances are, we can’t let fear lock us into bad times.
We “seek those things that are above… and set our affection on things above,
not on things on the earth” (Col 3:1-2). Our God is a good God and will always
provide a way for us to rise like and eagle above any storm.
Isaiah 40:31
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on
wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Love, Carolyn
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