If only I hadn't have done that! I shouldn't have bought it. Now money is tight and I've got this bill that I can't afford. I knew I shouldn't have done it, but I did it, even though the Holy Spirit was telling me not to. How can I expect God to bail me out? How can I expect Him to do anything for me? Maybe if I sell it for whatever I can get out of it God will again like me. He'll see that I have learned my lesson and the next time He talks to me He'll have my full attention. I have to fix my own problem; I cannot depend on God.

How easy it is to take our own failings and come up with a view of God and His responses to us. The fact is, God is faithful. When we are less than perfect; He is still perfect. When we are less than faithful; He is faithful. He is the God that is, not the God you create through your own failures. God is your source. All the time, God is your source. When you are faithful, He is your source. When you are unfaithful, He is your source. Your job is not to save yourself; that's His job. Number one, you are unable to save yourself. The other number one, He is able to save you, your soul, your finances, your everything. Trust God. J.C. Penny said, "Let go; let God."

The Worst or the Best of Times

These are difficult times. The world's economy is reeling from all sorts of sin-related human issues. It affects everyone of us who are in the world.
Now, in the Kingdom of God, God's economy is not reeling. The fact that His economy is as stable as ever only affects those of us who have placed our treasure there. I'm not just talking about your soul, I am, as Jesus was, talking about your money. When Jesus said that where your treasure is there your heart will be also, He was talking about where you placed your earthly treasure, your money. When I have given the tithe, I have placed all my treasure in heaven, where it is not subject to the whims of forces outside my control.
Greed is why the world's economy is unpredictable; greed is why a Christian does not take advantage of God's stable economy.
It can be, "the worst of times" or "the best of times."

More Than I Am

I wish I was more knowledgeable than I am, stronger than I am, able to be in more than one place. I am more often left wanting when contemplating myself. My good qualities aren't good enough; my bad qualities too numerous. Again, looking to be more than I find myself to be.
On the other hand, when contemplating Jesus Christ, I find He is omniscient, all-powerful, and omnipresent. He is perfect in every way and in every way you can use the word "perfect." There is no lack in Him.
Now, placing myself alongside Jesus is ludicrous, except He places me alongside Himself. The Bible says it this way: Ephesians 2:6, "and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." We are, in Him, where He is.
So, do I contemplate myself as I see myself or do I understand myself as the one who has been made more than I appear? Which would God choose? I see myself as the one made more through Jesus Christ, refusing to bring to nothing His work on my behalf.
"Your mission should you choose to accept it..."