For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. ~ Psalm 84:11 (NLT)
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When we think of God giving us good things, I think we often look to the earthly, the temporal. A good job with a comfortable income, a nice house in a nice neighborhood, good relationships without drama. But I think we misrepresent God's word when we attached the good things of God to what we see, hear and touch. God's spiritual riches are of the spiritual realm...the intangible. The eternal.
We think God has blessed us when we make enough money and have enough "things" to live a life of ease. Conversely, we feel cursed, or less-than-blessed, if we're on unemployment or scraping by to make ends meet. Are these temporal circumstances our blessing indicator? Some would say 'yes'. I say 'no'.
God never promises us ease in this life. Many saints in the Bible are testimony of lives that endured hardships. Were they cursed by God? Was Paul out of favor with God when he was shipwrecked, beaten, imprisoned? When you read his books, you find that his take on this life is very different than many of us today.
Grace. Honor. Forgiveness. Love. Mercy. Joy. Just a sampling of the riches that God lavishes on those who walk in His ways. Who follow His lead. Who refuse to succumb to the way of the evil one. Who commit everything they have to the God of the universe.
I pray that we can desire spiritual riches over earthly riches. That we seek God's grace and mercy more than a fat wallet. That we gauge God's blessings from the fourth dimension, rather than the temporal third dimension. What is invisible lasts...what is seen is fleeting. Seek the invisible. Seek God.
Love,
Joelene
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