I was stewing over a financial concern recently, when a sales clerk recently handed me a dollar in change. I happened to notice the little inspiring message on the back: “In God We Trust.” It's exactly what I needed to remember!
Do you realize your money is a statement of faith? There it is in plain sight -- stamped on George Washington's backside -- this inspiring declaration -- in God we trust!
Using money is like passing out little gospel pamphlets:
In God We Trust!
In God We Trust!
In God We Trust!
Your wallet’s full of ‘em!
Even atheists don't refuse them.
Buy a Big Mac at McDonald's or a Dilly Bar at Dairy Queen, and you’re telling the clerk to trust the Lord!
How ironic! We have such a hard time trusting God with our money, when all along our money is telling us that’s exactly what we should do!
It is far better to trust in God than in possessions. Jesus said you cannot serve both God and mammon. If we look to money for security, significance and survival, we will be sadly disappointed. We get far too uptight over little pieces of green paper with pictures of dead presidents on them.
Money doesn't buy happiness. The most precious things in life are free.
If we don’t have enough money, we’re afraid we won’t survive. That’s simply not true. We will survive somehow – regardless of our financial situation. I don’t know anybody who stopped surviving due to a lack of cash.
In the poorest places I’ve been in my life (Nicaragua, Egypt and Ethiopia ) people still figure out a way to survive. So, it proves to me that, in the big picture, financial troubles won't do us in.
We may need to cut back a little – but we’re going to survive just fine! With some adjustments, we’ll make it!
Buy a Big Mac at McDonald's or a Dilly Bar at Dairy Queen, and you’re telling the clerk to trust the Lord!
How ironic! We have such a hard time trusting God with our money, when all along our money is telling us that’s exactly what we should do!
It is far better to trust in God than in possessions. Jesus said you cannot serve both God and mammon. If we look to money for security, significance and survival, we will be sadly disappointed. We get far too uptight over little pieces of green paper with pictures of dead presidents on them.
Money doesn't buy happiness. The most precious things in life are free.
If we don’t have enough money, we’re afraid we won’t survive. That’s simply not true. We will survive somehow – regardless of our financial situation. I don’t know anybody who stopped surviving due to a lack of cash.
In the poorest places I’ve been in my life (Nicaragua, Egypt and Ethiopia ) people still figure out a way to survive. So, it proves to me that, in the big picture, financial troubles won't do us in.
We may need to cut back a little – but we’re going to survive just fine! With some adjustments, we’ll make it!
My father had a sign hanging in his office: “The Lord Never Panics.” We should take our money at face value and trust in God! If we do so, we won’t cave in to panic.
Instead of tossing and turning in bed, give your problems to God. He will be up all night anyway!
Thanks to my friend Mark Wilson for this post.
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