FROM THE PASTOR'S PORCH: What resource to you Trust?

[Lynn D. Walker]

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FROM THE PASTOR'S PORCH: What resource do you Trust?

     Here awhile back, I was sent on an errand to pick up one of my grand kids from school.  Now Dorian is five years old goin' on twenty-five and he is quite a character.  Like most five year old boys, he is pretty good at gettin' what he wants from his Paw Paw.  This particular day, he wanted to go to Braums after school for ice cream.  So I asked him,  “do you have any money?”  He scrunched up his face and looked at me like I was crazy.  Then he admitted, “No, I don't have any money”.   “Well, why don't you have any money, Dorian?”, I asked and he just shrugged his shoulders at me.  To me, that's never a very good answer.  So I told him, “I'll tell ya why you don't have any money; you don't have a job!  And if ya don't have any money, then ya can't have any ice cream!!”.   Well, that answer didn't set very will with him so he just sat there in the truck with a disgusted look on his face.  That didn't last very long and pretty soon I saw this big old ornery grin light up his face.  Then with that sparkle in his eye that only comes from a brilliant idea, he looked back up at me and said.........”Paw Paw, …....YOU have a job!!”  Well, I guess you know the rest of the story by now.  Me and Dorian went to Braums and Paw Paw sprung for the ice cream. 

    Dorian is only five years old, but he was smart enough to figure out where his best resource was to get what he wanted and he was not one bit bashful about asking for it either.  I hope that you adults are smart enough to figure out where I'm going with this.  Who do you think has the resources that you need to give you the things that you want and need?  Who created all things and is in control of all resources?  Who owns all the  cattle on a thousand hills??  Almighty God has more than enough resources to take care of ALL our needs.  He only stipulates that you first seek Him and His Kingdom and then all of these other things shall be added unto you.  The Bibles tells us to knock and the door will be opened, seek and you will find, ask and it shall be given to you.  How long has it been since you knocked, or seeked, or asked God for anything??  When are we going to finally figure out that we have not because we ask not. 

   My prayer for you today is that you will realize that God is where all of your resources come from and that you will start to Trust Him completely for all of your needs; Spiritual, Emotional, and Physical. Your circumstances will change drastically if you will just run to the Throne instead of running to the phone.  You just might be one of those people who cries out to God, “Please help me, Lord.  I'm at the end of all of my resources!!”  God will answer back, “Don't worry my child.  You are just at the beginning of mine!!”  So “don't be afraid and let not your heart be troubled.......”   The ice cream is on the way!!!  ~Pastor Lynn