So please, read, and hear God's voice.
I did.
"We may have as much of God as we will. Christ puts the key of the treasure chamber into our hand, and bids us take all that we want. If a man is admitted into the bullion vault of a bank, and told to help himself, and comes out with one cent, whose fault is it that he is poor? Whose fault is it that Christian people generally have scanty portions of the free riches of God?" McLaren
Drink and be thirsty no more. Eat, until you are no longer hungry. Don't be afraid to ask, because our God has everything, EVERYTHING, we need... and He is happy to provide it. So please, let's open up our hands, hold them up and receive.
Because really, "Whose fault is it" that we are poor? I think we know the answer to that question.
Side note: if you do not know the kind of riches I am talking about, or the definition of poor that I use here - please, feel free to ask. But I do not talk about gold, or dollars, or anything you can purchase on the stock market. Just FYI!
3 comments:
Bethany, I read that quote last night in my devotional and it impressed me so much I stopped and read it again....three times! The analogy with the bank really brought the truth home to me. I am loving that book and have started sharing the devotionals with some penpals. Your frequent references from Streams in the Desert convinced me to get my own copy. Thanks!
Wow, I feel like I need to join the "streams in the desert" book club. ha ha. Actually, it sounds to smart for me ha. ACTUALLY, I have been getting some awesome truths from my own devotional I have been doing, I should do better about sharing them like you do. You do a great job of choosing very good ones to share...this is a great analogy!
Love you!
thank you for the inspirational words you shared...isn't it amazing that we truly have EVERYTHING at our fingertips!
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