The Channel or the Source?

Today's posting might take a little maturity to read. If you find yourself giggling and chuckling at the mention of human anatomy, then you might need to graduate from the Jr. High mentality before reading this one. Having said that... Let's get to it! :)

The Channel or The Source:

What's the ugliest word in western civilization right now?... Are you ready?.. Brace yourself! I mean it's hideous! Repulsive! Obnoxious! Just outright disgusting.... Here it goes:

"ECONOMY"

Woo!... See? Told you. That word has the same nasty aftertaste as brushing your teeth and drinking a cold glass of OJ shortly thereafter. You want to just wash it down with some water ASAP and forget what it ever tasted like. But unfortunately that taste doesn't go away quickly or easily. That word seems to demand a large majority of new media's attention and discussion. That word seems to send the hearts and minds of many on a long, bumpy, miserable road trip of depression.

Many hear the word "economy" then look at their current financial status and are bombarded with fear. Many "Believers".. sadly.. live in this constant anxiety.

I stumbled across a verse yesterday that could potentially be awkward (talking to the Jr. High mindset.) But as I read it again, the Lord showed me something I didn't see at first.

Psalm 22:9 (NLT)- "Yet you brought me safely from my mother's womb and led me to trust YOU at my mother's breast.

Now what is  the mother's breast to a newborn baby? It is the place of nourishment that the baby comes to continually to receive the milk that gives life. The baby is incapable of providing for itself and therefor returns over and over to it's mothers breast for that food, for that provision.

Now having established that, going back to the verse, the Psalmist David said, "and led me to trust YOU at my mother's breast." Notice that he wasn't led to trust his mother's breast or his mother. He was led to trust GOD... AT his mother's breast. He realized that his mother was not the SOURCE but merely a CHANNEL for the Source to send provision through. It's often easy for us to put our trust in our "Mother's Breast" A.K.A- Job, Stock Market, Economy.. our NATURAL means of financial provision or income. We tend to see the natural things that our provision comes THROUGH instead of the source that actually sends the provision through which is only a channel. Your job, stocks, partners.... etc, are only channels that God uses to get his provision to you. It's when you begin to trust in those Channels instead of The SOURCE that everything falls apart. That's when you lose peace. That's when you let fear enter. That's when you battle anxiety and depression.

We are not led to trust our Job, our boss, our stocks... We are led to trust GOD.. AT our jobs. Our means of income is only a Channel through which the Source sends provision. WE ARE LED TO TRUST GOD!

I was talking to my Dad on the phone the other day and he said some pretty profound things (which happens almost every time I talk to him. I'm blessed.) I'm about to do some MAD paraphrasing of what my Dad said. Here goes:

When an Ambassador is sent to a foreign country on behalf of his government with the purpose of representing his government, that Ambassador's provision is not determined by the economy of the nation TO which he was sent. He receives his provision from HIS homeland economy. It doesn't matter if he is sent into the most poverty stricken nation in the world. His provision is from those who sent him.

2 Cor 5:20 says, "So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” So if we are Christ's Ambassadors, then our provision is not determined by the economy of where He sent us to. As long as we continue to accurately represent Him and speak on His behalf and trust in Him, then HE will continue to fund our cause.

We need to release the fear that comes from trusting in our "Mother's Breast" and embrace the peace that comes from trusting our Source, the one True, Living God Almighty! The God who owns the gold and the silver and the cattle on a thousand hills. He will get His provision to you through whatever channel He needs to. He is not limited by our Jobs or lack thereof. He is not limited by the economy. Better news, He is not limited by ANYTHING! Trust Him.

Much Love!

Stephen