You Are My Strength When I Am Weak, You Are the Treasure That I Seek

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘We talk as if our heavenly Father has cut us off without a penny! We think it is a sign of true humility to say at the end of the day, “Well, I just barely got by today, but it was a severe struggle.” And yet all of Almighty God is ours in the Lord Jesus! And He will reach to the last grain of sand and the remotest star to bless us if we will only obey Him. Does it really matter that our circumstances are difficult? Why shouldn’t they be! If we give way to self-pity and indulge in the luxury of misery, we remove God’s riches from our lives and hinder others from entering into His provision. No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it removes God from the throne of our lives, replacing Him with our own self-interests. It causes us to open our mouths only to complain, and we simply become spiritual sponges— always absorbing, never giving, and never being satisfied. And there is nothing lovely or generous about our lives.’ CHAMBERS

 

Mark 12:41-44  ‘Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”’

 

Do you think the widow was thinking “I just gave everything I have to the Lord, I will just have to do the best I can to survive”.  She was devoted to God .. the God who provides.  We should not measure our security based upon what we have in the bank .. or 401K.  The test of our well-being is not our bank book … it is our relationship with the Father.  As I am typing this I am looking at the waves rolling in from the sea.  Over the horizon is Jamaica … We’ve never been there. Maybe we should walk over for a visit.  Oh, wait, we can’t walk on the water can we?  But we serve the One who can, Jesus.  Peter took his eyes off of Jesus and began to sink.  (Matthew 14:28-30) No matter what .. we can do it if we are trusting God and not ourselves or something else … Trust in the Lord with your all … Like Abraham and Isaac on the mountain … God will provide .. Jehovah Jireh.

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)