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#31dbc! I’m in the South this weekend, visiting my son and daughter-in-law. I just love Tennessee! If I had my way I would live in this great state! But as much as I love the Nashville area, I have to admit I prefer the Eastern side of the state. Yikes! Did I just admit that while I am still here?!
Yes, I love the mountains! Give me the Smoky’s, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Ruby Falls, oh my, I have been crazy about that part of the country since I was a little girl. It has been my dream to be able to retire there. Maybe some day…
I’m sharing this beautiful picture of the Chicago skyline with you today and this thought…
There was a disciple who walked with Jesus, named Thomas, who said this very thing about our Lord, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” John 20:25 NKJV.
He said he had to see it to believe it. But when Jesus showed up He said to Thomas, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29.
We are so quick to jump on “Doubting Thomas”…but how many of us are so much just like him? We have to “see to believe”.
When it comes to making money or making a deal with someone, we want to know what we are getting, right? We use all kinds of catch-phrases when we are wheeling and dealing!
A Day Late and A Dollar Short
A Pretty Penny
At the Drop of a Dime
Cash Cow
Cash on the Barrelhead
Chicken Feed
Dollars for Doughnuts
Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels
Golden Rule
In for a Penny, In for a Pound
In a Clover
Keep the Wolf from the Door
Midas Touch
Money Jam
Nickel Tour
Not for Love nor Money
Pay the Piper
Red Cent
Scot Free
Sticky Fingers
The Penny Dropped
Turn on a Dime
Two Bits
And of course one of the most famous…Show Me the Money!!!
If we can’t see what we are buying, forget it! We’re not even going to make the deal. We have avenues and outlets like eBay, Craigs List, Etsy and a host of other unique sellers, but we wouldn’t buy anything from them if we couldn’t at least see a picture of the item first.
It is so programmed into us to wheel and deal and bargain with people that we have to have everything proven to us FIRST.
But when it comes to our Savior, it should never be that way! We must learn to trust Him FIRST, not ask to have everything shown to us!
The world says “Show Me the Money”!!
But if we do it God’s way…He says, Trust Me…just simply Trust Me…and He will show us.
Show us what?
He will show us that He can take care of us.
That He is in control.
That He cares about everything in our lives and there isn’t anything that comes our way that He cannot handle…
If we will trust Him…first.
It sounds so easy and yet it is so hard to do sometimes. Our carnal nature takes over and we want to “help” God fix things. Isn’t that funny? That we think we can actually do things better than Almighty God?! The One who created the Heavens and the Earth?
Yes, this earthly flesh gets in the way…but we can keep it “under submission” by daily prayer and ingesting the Word of God. The more time we spend getting to know Him, the more we become like Him. And the more we know Him, the more we trust Him.
Is there anything in your life that you have been trying to make God “show” you first? You want to see behind the curtain before you can trust Him?
How about laying down those apprehensions today and just trusting Him?
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3: 5,6.
Let Him take care of things and you can stop worrying about where all of the answers are going to come from!
“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.” Psalm 62:8.
“This God–his way is perfect;the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.” Psalm 18:30.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” John 14:1.
“Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.” Psalm 37:5.
“It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.” Psalm 118:8.
“Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” Proverbs 30:5.
See the promises in His Word?! He is faithful! Claim these promises as your own today!
You can then lean back in your chair and say,”Lord I trust You…You don’t even have to show me.”
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