I am
constantly amazed by God’s provision.
We have
seen God provided for the monetary needs time and again. Bills paid on time when there seemed to be no
money in the bank. Food on the table. Heat in the house. That little extra we find in the budget that
buys a pizza for a special meal. God’s
provisions are never late. They may not
always look or taste like we want – but they are there nonetheless.
I was
reminded last night about the importance of hiding God’s word in our hearts so
that it’s there when we need it. As a
teenager, my dad would give me a quarter before leaving on a date. It was to use the pay phone to call him. Any time.
Anywhere. No questions
asked. He’d come get me. It was there as an insurance against the
unthinkable.
Psalms 119:11, “I
have stored up (hidden, memorized, meditated on) your Word in my heart, that I
might not sin against You.”
When I memorize, meditate, commit to my heart the Word of
God, I am banking against hard times!
Like that quarter in my pocket, I have God inside of my heart for those “just
in case” against the unthinkable.
Sundays are long days for us. Yesterday began a 7:30 with a Prayer and
Worship for Children’s Ministry Leaders.
I’m not a morning person. Far
from it. I’d love to watch the sunrise –
if it happened about 9:00 am every day. Then we worked as a Greeter / Hallway Monitor
and Security during 1st service – 8:30 – 10:30. The family that takes over for us had a sick
child. So, we greeted, monitored and
secured during 2nd service while popping in to worship, hear the
sermon and loving on kids. I picked the
wrong day to wear heels! Then it was
home for a quick bite; fold
laundry; put away yard stuff before the
snows then back to church at 5:00pm to fix dinner for ReFrame (our young adult
ministires – which we love!!!), worship service, bible study and then dinner
and game night.
Before the ReFrame service, I received one of those calls
that folks with difficult family situations expect and dread. Just another piece of the pie. Another nail in the wall. Nothing new.
But hurts all the same.
But in the God’s Economics of the Spiritual – I was
ready. In Worship that morning, I heard
God repeating, “Heal” to me. Not just
physical but the spiritual and emotional.
I don’t remember the song, but one line kept repeating in my head, “I
have found a Love.” In Church, I was
reminded of the Year of Jubilee – God has come to set us free! In the afternoon, there was peace in sitting
with my husband. Just being in his
arms. Being loved. At ReFrame, I was reminded, that I have a
God’s word in Me! It’s alive and living
and it binds up the broken hearted! In
Worship, I wept as God poured His healing in my wounded heart. I served those young people with gladness.
Their hugs were payment back into my Economics of Love
account!
He knew what I would need yesterday.
And He has today covered.
And my Tomorrow is banked as well.
Invest in His Spiritual Economics Today! Every Day!
The rewards are great!
