GOD is my SOURCE

God is my Source: that is something I have to realize. I like buying things; clothes, food, school supplies, jewelry, music, etc. These things I think I might have need of but I have to ask myself- who is the One who made it all possible for me to purchase these things? Who is the One who gave His precious life so I could live in abundance? Who is the One true being who knows what I need before I ask of it? (Matt. 7:32) Who is the One who inspired Matthew to write "But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you?" (v.33) God (or Jesus) is the One who is the answer to all these questions. GOD is my SOURCE!! I went to Campus Church today to hear what Johnnie Moore was preaching about today. I'm sorry to say I was late because I overslept, but I went anyway. I got in just as he was making his main point. Johnnie talked about what Paul made statements about in I Timothy 6. Paul talked about what kind of gain is right or wrong. If you think things like "Oh, I gotta have that cell phone! I gotta have that blouse!", that's the wrong kind of gain. We as Christians should realize that we should be satistfied with what we have. We shouldn't be talking like "I'm starving! I'm about to die of hunger!" There are people in places like India and Ethiopia who are even more hungry than we are! They're the ones who are really starving. We as Americans are doing very well here. We just don't realize it!


We need to be in that wonderful haven called contentment. I picked up a definition for it today; its "a realization of the value of what you have" I realize now that I have a whole lot to be thankful for. I have my health, my family, people who love me and care for me, clothes to wear, food to eat.... I'm content! I have it all. There was something else I realized today; "we operate on a currency of Godliness, not money." God is my Source. He is everything I could ever need or want, and because of Him I'm content. It's because of His Son Jesus that I could have life and have it more abundantly. Paul says in I Timothy 6:6; "But Godliness with contentment is great gain." With God on my side, I couldn't ask for more. From now on, I'm going to be thankful for everything I have every day of my life. I've made a quality decision to be content and to never fall into discontentment; for discontentment is poison, and it's not fair to others if I'm sad about what I don't have. God is my Source, my One true Hope.


"Hold me close, let Your Love surround me
Bring me near, draw me to Your side
And as I wait, I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You. Your Spirit leads
me on in the Power of Your Love"

"The Power Of Your Love" sung by my favorite Christian artist Rebecca St. James