Why So Downcast O My Soul?
Ever wonder why I can be so optimistic in the face of such dire news? I don’t like thinking that I might lose my job or things could get even more expensive, or not available at all. It’s not that I have my head in the sand or don’t hear the prognostications being bandied about on every side while people are losing their retirement savings.
It’s just that I have an anchor for my soul. No matter what happens, I know that God is in control and in the end things will be ok. That doesn’t mean things won’t be tough or even that the end will look like what I want it to. I’m simply convinced that God is a good God and He is intimately connected to the affairs of men. When all is said and done, we will stand before Him and freely worship, telling Him, “It’s all good!”
I have included a post by Michael Q. Pink. I think it will encourage you.
Glenna
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Greetings!
It’s a New World Order Alright…
Listen. Government as we want to believe it exists, died a long time ago or at least became terribly anemic and somewhat parasitic. We only have the façade of being “for the people”. Not that there aren’t good people in government. It’s just that they can all fit into a single school bus! OK. So I am overstating the obvious but government is less controlled by the people it governs than by the corporate, sometimes international corporate interests it really serves. As bad as that is, there is a piece of good news you’ve got to read again. A monarch actually wrote these words…
“Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and distress them in His great displeasure. Yet have I set My king upon My holy hill of Zion.” Psalm 2:1-6 (Grant it Lord!)
So while the world turns and changes and transforms in front of our very eyes and while there is a hidden agenda that does not have our best interests in mind (to say the least), this also creates an opportunity for us. Crisis always creates opportunity. If the economy caves and your 401K evaporates are you prepared mentally and spiritually to weather that storm and chart a new course that not only preserves and protects your family but also provides an ark of sorts to help those who are still partying like it’s 1999?
Don’t wait for disaster or difficult times to prepare. Jesus refers to that strategy as the “foolish virgin strategy”. Prepare now. How can you do that you ask? That’s a huge question, but first and foremost you better get used to hearing and obeying the leading of the Lord. If you are too busy to quiet the distractions and hear God’s voice, you are way too busy.
Did you know that in the rainforest, trees grow the most just prior to daybreak, before the sun peaks its head above the horizon, while it’s still dark and quiet, before the work of the day begins? It’s when scientists tell us that water is most available to the trees at the root level. As you will learn in Rainforest Strategy , water is information. Before you get caught up in the affairs of the day, be sure to drink of that transformational information that will facilitate growth so you can fulfill your purpose and carry the load of the day. For me, that is the Scripture or perhaps some great worship music. What is it for you?
On Friday, be sure to check your inbox because my new book, Rainforest Strategy will be offered via email with a special FREE bonus to all of you who receive this email. Make this the beginning of something great in your life!
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”
Matthew 10:16
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