I think that over the last three months everyone has been educated in economics!  All of us have been touched by the economic hard times that face our nation.  Most of know people who have lost jobs and know that things are pretty serious.  In fact I would say America is in a panic right now.

Think about it.  President Obama says he inherited this wrapped wiht a bow.  The democrats are adding pork like crazy to what is supposed to be a stimulus bill to create new jobs…I am wondering how polar ice cap exploration is going to create jobs for the people I know?  I see business begging for money or they will go under and tank the economy.  I see us printing and spending money we do not have.  I see all kinds of blame and not responsibility.  I see know one saying…we knew this was comgin and I see no one saying we need to consider what we do today for the future, all we care about is now.  We need to stop this recession now.  We need to stimulate our economy now.  We need…now, now, now, now!  We sound like a little baby.

What I have not heard is what is God trying to say to us?  Are we ever going to learn that the economy belongs to God?  Will we ever realize that we have overspent ourselves?  Will we ever realize that we can only go so far into debt?  Will we ever realize that we need to stop and focus and truly pray about our future?

I am not an economist.  I have bee hit by the economic pinch…we all have.  I could be out of a job as easily as the next guy…I realize this.  But I cannot go out a write a Chris McCombs stimulus check to stimulate the McCombs fourtune 500.  That is absurd.  I have to work hard.  Make srue I pay my bills.  Make sure that I have more money left over at the end of the month than what I pay out.  I have to be responsible.

God tells us to be good stewards…we are reaping what we have sown right now.  Sadly some people are being hurt…I believe more will experience the pain.  I don’t think the Government is our answer…but God’s ways.  Our government through this panic may end up putting a bandaid on a huge bleeding wound.  But only God can heal our economy by each of us changing the culture of materialism, debt, and greed that we all live by as American’s.

We are so blessed…never forget that.  No matter what happens may we never forget to remain calm as believers knowing that God provides and that it is the economy of God that I am banking on.

I hope you enjoy my rambling…but I really needed to get that off my chest.
For a good book on this pick up the “Economic Earthquake” by Larry Burkett.