Watching FOR and AFTER
Yesterday we examined the importance of having a "storehouse" - the ability to "save up" for the days of leanness. God's storehouse has some always available resources for us: Good advice; Strength; Success; Direction; and Insight. We can access his storehouse at any time - making the necessary withdrawals. Yet, there is an importance of laying up for times of leanness in our own lives - things like Trust, Patience, Endurance, and even Faith. The blessings God distributes to his children are also things we need to "tuck away" in our storehouses: Unending Riches such as wealth, honor, justice, and emotional wholeness. Sometimes we only think of wealth in the sense of what we have in our bank accounts and investments - God thinks of wealth as what we possess in the way of relationships! Gaining the right perspective on what he prepares for us as "items" which "fill our storehouses" will help us to embrace them as they are prov...