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Foreclosures, layoffs, businesses closing everywhere you look, bills keep right on coming, and now with Christmas just around the corner, it’s easy to let your mind become a swirling vortex of worries. If you’re facing hard times right now, you may be wondering why God is putting you through all of this.
Times are tough for a lot of us right now. The one thing that’s guaranteed to make everything seem worse is to allow ourselves to compare ourselves to other people. Other people always seem to have more, they seem to be happier, they seem to make more money, they seem to be better looking, and on and on. But the most aggravating thing of all is that they seem to have what we want. Ahhhhhh!!!
The biggest problem with wanting something that someone else has is that we’re being covetous. And when we’re covetous, or envious of someone else, we’re breaking the tenth commandment. Sure Jesus did away with the laws that were impossible to follow when He died on the cross, but do we want to make Him die in vain?
When we refuse to be satisfied with what God is providing us with, we’re telling Him that we don’t think He’s doing a good enough job. Of course, I don’t know anyone who is big and bad enough to tell Him that to His face, I’m certainly not! But we sometimes say it loud and clear in other ways, especially when we want what we don’t have!
Growing up, whenever I said I wished I had a nice new car or a bigger house like so and so did, my dad looked at me and asked, “Do you want their bills too?” Of course, I said no. You can apply that same question to almost anything. For instance, if you happen to be envious of someone that has the job you’ve been dying to have for so long that you can taste it, where their paychecks are so high that it’s unreal, ask yourself if you want the pressures that they face every day. I pray you’ll say no.
Listen, I’ve been through some hard times myself: For years, I was a single parent fighting to make ends meet and put food on the table, I’ve had health problems that prevented me from working for a time, I’ve had two major car accidents with medical bills piling up while I fought to recover both times.
The one thing I can say is that God has never let me do without; nor has He let anyone I know lack anything they needed. I didn’t have to drive the best car, be the best dressed, or live in the biggest house to have what I needed: God provided food, shelter, and anything else I truly needed abundantly. All I had to learn to do was be thankful and content with what I had.
When you’re facing difficulties, the hardest thing in the world to do is remember that God has only what’s best for us in mind; the last thing He wants us to do is perish (Jeremiah 29:11).
And God, knowing what circumstances would push us closer to Him, decided where and when we would be born, and under what circumstances that we would live our lives (Acts 17:25-27). Knowing that, we need to keep in mind that we don’t have to worry about anything because God’s got it all under control. When you look to God for everything, you automatically become thankful for whatever He provides.
Bear in mind that though you can’t see Him, and He seems farther away when you’re trying to navigate through the kinks in the road, He is always with you. He is with you no matter where you are, no matter what you are going through, no matter what you will go through.
If you are facing difficulties, you can go to God and tell Him all about your worries—He is your dad, after all. After that, treat yourself by letting go of your worries, knowing that God will take care of everything for you. And never worry: He will spread His wings so you and your loved ones will have the refuge you’re seeking. All you have to do is let Him wrap you in His cloak and keep you warm and safe while you bask in the love and attention that God longs to shower upon you, His child.
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