Where’s your financial security?

‘Riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.’ Proverbs 27:24 NIV

One large insurance company advertises itself as ‘the Rock,’ claiming to be the foundation of your financial security. Remember when we trusted these strap lines? Not anymore; it’s not the same world. Financial uncertainty characterises today’s world of failing banks, crumbling investment giants, shrinking multinational corporations, swelling queues of the under-employed and unemployed, plus an epidemic of fear plaguing the hearts of the currently-employed. For the young, the joy of graduation has become the stress of university debts and a shrinking job market. Many older people are trading in their retirement dreams for a new twenty-first-century reality: ‘work till you drop.’ In such times, where can we turn? To politicians? To government? To the next get-rich-quick guru? The Bible says, ‘riches do not endure forever, and a crown [human government] is not secure for all generations.’ (Proverbs 27:24 NIV) What’s the answer? Turn to the only reliable source of security: God! There’s no financial crisis in His kingdom! Israel hungered and thirsted and He sent them fresh manna, and water from the rock. He assigned ravens to feed Elijah, multiplied oil and flour to sustain a destitute widow’s family, fed thousands from a boy’s lunch of five loaves and two fish. And He asks us: ‘Is anything too difficult for Me?’ (Jeremiah 32:27 NASB). No! So: 1) Trust God to provide for you. 2) Do what He tells you to do. 3) Believe that God ‘will.’ ‘The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. You will have plenty…to feed your family’ (Proverbs 27:26-27 NIV).

Prayer Point

Lord God, it’s tempting to look for security in worldly things that are unconnected with Your heart, and easy to get swept away by worries when the economy looks uncertain. Instead, help me trust in Your economy, guidance, and wisdom. I dedicate all my resources to You, and I pray that I will use them for the glory of You and Your kingdom.