We fear hard times. When our job isn’t going well we visualize losing it and our life going completely down the drain within days. When things get tight financially we visualize not being able to make some payments and feel the shame of having it taken away. In the great depression the unemployment rate was 18%. Most economists rate today’s unemployment at 17%, only 1% lower. Does this seem as bad as what you envisioned the ‘great depression’ to be? I know today's crisis is not a perfect comparison, but here’s my point; fear-oriented visions are far worse than the actual events…if they even happen.
“Joseph took good care of them – his father and brothers and all his father’s family, right down to the smallest baby. He made sure they had plenty of everything.” ~Gen. 47:12
This was one of the great famines of all times. And yet the family of Jacob was being taken care of in a most unlikely way. They didn’t plan for a famine with sustained savings…but God did. They didn’t lay aside great rainy day funds…but they ended up in the land of Goshen being taken care of from the Pharaoh’s own bounty. Wow, now that’s a creative provision. Some add guilt to their financial stress for not making a better plan. But better plans are not always possible. The wise learn to make peace with their challenges from a different angle than guilt. Here’s the truth beneath all other truths; God is still the great provider who loves us! And under His care it’s more likely than not that we will find ourselves IN A FAMINE WITH PLENTY. ~verlon
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