There's something Dickensian about the cuts our local authorities are making in these times.. or haven't you felt it yet? Councils up and down the country will be making rather savage cuts to their budgets, incrementally, for several years to come; affecting the elderly, the vulnerable and the young. Well, actually all of us! Have you felt it yet? It makes me smile to hear folks complain that their local authority is "making cuts in the wrong places". That usually means that cuts are being made that impact them directly! It's set to get a whole lot worse. But what does Jesus say our response should be to hard economic times?
Do Not Worry
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matt 6:25-26 (NIV)
Give
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38 (NIV)
So rather than anchor ourselves in worry and penny pinching, why not operate in the truth of God's word:
God blesses so you can be a blessing
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need will abound in every good work. 2 Cor 9:8 (NIV)
It's certainly counter-cultural; and rather a necessary paradigm shift for us if we are to be "salt and light" during hard times.
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