“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33
Things always look better on the outside. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I have visited many of you and may I say that you are richly blessed. You have a really nice house, well furnished, and I assume that your neighbors are in awe of your life.
Material possessions in North America mean a lot to us; the more stuff that you have the better your life is, the higher up the food chain you have risen. The children in this photo are not from North America but judging from their smiles they must be doing very well. They have on clean clothes, go to school and get a daily meal as they attend a Trinity/HOPE school.
Their outside appearance looks pretty good; too bad you cannot visit their home as your opinion might be different if you knew where they lived and what was in their closet, kitchen cupboards and bathroom. My guess is that few of them have any of these three conveniences in their home. Satan tells us that we need more of this and that; more money will bring us more happiness. His lies keep nagging at us and it is good to visit the lives of children in Haiti to bring us back to reality. True happiness comes from knowing and living for Jesus Christ; that happiness is eternal. Don’t be blinded by the lies of this world. Don’t let your ears and mind be numbed by the words of the liar of this world telling you that more is always better. You want true riches; turn to Jesus. I close with the words from the song ‘Shout to the Lord’ that I heard Randy Travis sing recently.
“My Jesus, My Savior, Lord, there is none like You; all of my days I want to praise the wonders of Your mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge and strength; let every breath, all that I am never cease to worship You. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing. Power and majesty, praise to the King; mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of Your name. I sing for joy at the work of Your hands, forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand, nothing compares to the promise I have in You.”
Dear Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay