Most any weather event or political event in the world can cause an economic storm. Some check their stock investments each day and nervously call their investment adviser regularly. Others couldn’t care less and run up debt like no other. How can we live in a way that we do not fear for financial problems tomorrow? We can hold two jobs and make good money yet fear how it will all turn out. Fixing our hole and trust in the One who sees every detail, asking Him to guide our decisions is the only way to take each step.
“If he controlled nature and history so that at the right time Jesus came to live, die, and rise again on your behalf; if he worked by grace to expose you to the truth and gave you the heart to believe; and if he now works to bring the events of the universe to a final glorious conclusion, does it make any sense to think that he would fail to provide you with everything you need between your conversion and your final resurrection? Paul is arguing that God’s gift of and sacrifice of his Son is your guarantee that he will grace you with every good thing you need until you are finally free of this broken world and with him forever in eternity. You do not have to wonder about God’s presence or his care. You do not have to fear that he will leave you on your own. You do not have to wonder if he will be there for you in your moment of need. When you give way to these fears, you commit an act of gospel irrationality. If he gave you Jesus, he will give you along with him everything you need.” - Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
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