Day 29--God is enough.

“This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to go serve in Haiti with my dad and several friends.  It was crazy to see how little the people there had and yet how happy they were.  Seeing this I thought about how upset we are here if we can’t get exactly what we want when we want it.  In Haiti, God showed me that all the stuff we have isn’t what’s important, that it’s the people he has put in our lives that really matter.” –Kendall K.

We have the tendency to relate happiness to stuff.  How many this, how much that.  I want this, I need that.  God wants us to know that true sufficiency comes from a life full of Him, not full of stuff.

The Apostle Paul writes, “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.  I can do all things through him who gives me strength.”  Philippians 4:11-13

When you have God, whether you have little or much, you will always have enough.  Things in this world will come and go.  But His Truth endures forever. 

God, help me to put you before my circumstances today.  I know that you will give me the strength to do what I need to do when I put you first.  I praise you for the blessings in my life, the people around me and the things I have.  Help me to use those to bless others as well so that, instead of all the stuff, we simply see You instead.  Amen.