That's the thing right there. It's not about if you can "afford it" or not. 14 bucks is enough to feed a homeless guy a good 10 dollar meal and give him bus fare. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Something always happens, things have a way of working out. And it isn't money, it's God. I have been on both sides of the coin too. I've had periods where I was flush with cash and other times, had nothing. I was sleeping in my truck. I wound up helping the poor more when I was homeless too than I did as a general rule when things were better for me. One thing seems to stand out is that...I can't really say that I was missing any meals.
Where people make the mistake is to make money their focus and not God. The Lord taught me that real good before. I was in financial crisis time and prayed in the morning for help (work) so I could pay bills...and then later in the day I'm over at my buddy's house and I'm hittin' him up for a loan because I need money, and the Lord nailed me with the thought, hey what kind of faith is that? Didn't you ask for my help this morning? So what, now you don't want me to help or what? So I backed off of borrowing money. Things worked out fine when I had some patience and let it go and waited. The scripture is true, seek God first, and all those things will be added unto you. I pray for money less and less anymore. It sorta seems like a stupid prayer. I just pray that things will work out the way that He wants them too. We don't need money to live as near as much as people think that we do. You might need cash if you want to go to the store and buy some shiny thing, lol. But what is that? It's bunch of junk and consumerism is ultimately a deception upon the people. This is not to say that the Lord hasn't given me money before. He sent an Angel to my garage sale that asked me how much do you need? How much for everything on that table over there? 1900? How about 2400? ...He clearly over-paid me for my household junk, he was there to help in response to my prayer. There was a couple other times he gave me money, but not as much as that time.
Money will not buy happiness. Rich folks just have bigger headaches, bigger financial problems, that's all. Being able to be content where you are at in life buys happiness. When you lay your problems at Jesus feet and let it go in faith in Him and not worry about it, a spiritual assurance and peace will come and light upon you in response. They don't call Him, The Comforter for nothing.
I had just fixed my last pot of coffee one morning and then I was out, and no money to go buy more. I thought about praying about, but decided not to on the thought of, He knows what we need before we even ask...so I didn't pray about it, and you know what happened? 2 pounds of fresh coffee beans knocked on my door less than an hour later. A buddy of mine. Here Ed, I know you liked coffee so I brought you this...he could not have known that I was out of coffee. The way I figure it, it was exercising my faith in the Lord to have decided not to pray about it and ask for coffee so in response to that faith, He had some coffee delivered to me. When it he walked in and handed it to me, I had just poured myself the very last cup...it was time to put on another pot, and there it was. Right on time. Praise the Lord!
