Should Christians Prepare Or Trust God?
Most worldwide financial predictions for the near future seem to anticipate something between gloomy days and absolute disaster
. Some experts are advising citizens to stockpile food, clothing, gold, weapons and ammunition.
How should Christians think about such predictions? How should we prepare for the future? Are you ready to face social and financial difficulties which are so widely anticipated? The Lord Jesus spoke of this topic and seemed to totally dismiss it as unworthy of Gods children, but was that really what He meant? In this article we will compare the warnings and advise of financial experts with the words of Jesus.
What Financial Experts Say:
Worldwide financial gloom and disaster. Stockpile food, clothing, gold, weapons and ammunition, etc.
What Jesus Said:
This is why I tell you: Dont worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isnt life more than food and the body more than clothing?( Matthew 6:25, HCSB)
Therefore dont worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.( Matthew 6:34, HCSB)
Dont collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves dont break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ( Matthew 6:19-21, HCSB)
Look, Im sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16, HCSB)
Then He said to them, But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesnt have a sword should sell his robe and buy one. (Luke 22:36, HCSB)
Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, dont ask for them back. (Matthew 5:42 & Luke 6:30, HCSB)
Give us today our daily bread,...do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. (Matthew 6:9,13, HCSB)
What's a Christian To Do?
To a casual reader, it may appear that our Lord is giving us conflicting advice. He seems to tell us to just live one day at a time and give future needs no thought. Then he seems to say that we should be shrewd, and prepare to defend ourselves. Is it wrong for a Christian to lay aside something for a rainy day? What is the full scope of His meaning? How is the believer to prepare for tough days which may lie ahead?
3 Things a Christian Can Do
1. Make wise and careful preparations, but not to become obsessed with them.
2. Such preparations should include reasonable arrangements for self defense. It also seems clear that the believer should never confuse self defense or defense of loved ones with defending stuff.
3. The best and most reliable preparations are mental and spiritual. Such readiness will enable you to make wise choices, and to handle the little things as they come.
Every believer should take the Lords words seriously, but we must consider them in full context. Whatever the future may hold, youll never go wrong by studying the Bible, asking God for direction through prayer during your daily devotions, waiting patiently for His answer, and obeying His leading.
by: Philip Herr
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