I was having a conversation with my cat the other day, something I do quite frequently. I was asking her why she knocked over the kitchen trash can and made a mess all over the floor, and she was asking me why I did not give her more treats. "I mean," she said," I know where you keep them, and I also know that since you shop at "Sam's" there by buying in bulk, that there are at least 6 packages up there where I cannot get to them. So why do you hand them out like they are precious medals are something?" "I give them to you," I answered, " according to how much of your regular food you have eaten." "The better you have eaten of the food that is good for you, the more treats I think you deserve." "YOU THINK?", She responded. "Who made you boss over what I eat?" "Well, left to your own devices, you would eat out of the kitchen trash, and have", I came back. I know what your thinking at this point, Why do I have a cat instead of a dog? Well it is a little matter of a "Pet Deposit" here at the apartment I live. $350 for a Dog and free for a cat. You may also be wondering why a CAT would waste time talking to a human like myself, but my cat, Taters, is quite friendly to us low life humans, especially when she wants a treat.
Have you ever talked to God like this? "Father, I sure would like a Ferrari. Be so cool to drive around have all the women look at me going down the Interstate at 125 MPH>" God says: "Son, I have provided a very piratical car for you, you have no need for anything better. IF you got a Ferrari, who would you serve? The Car or Me? Which is better for you? "But God," I answer, " There is a a Porsche dealership right around the corner from my Dad's house, and they are just sitting there, perhaps a 911 Turbo in red?
Where are our priorities? I know, I know, it is easy to see something we would really like, a Bigger size TV, a sports car, more money, (If I could just win the Publishers Clearing House drawing, I would be sit for life. God can you work on that for me?)
You see, God knows what is best for me, just as I know treats for my Cat all the time would just spoil her, and she would not eat what is good for her. "God, if I just had a rich uncle, who I don't remember, leave me millions in his will, then that would be so awesome. I could do anything I wanted to, and lack for nothing." "Yeah, and how would you know I can supply your needs, if you had none?" answers God.
Don't get me wrong, God wants nothing more then to have us, His children, have everything we would like to have. But what happens to many that win the lottery? Within a very short time the money is gone, they blow it. Why? Because they think they are invincible, rich for the rest of their lives. They buy , buy, buy. The "Hope" comes from money, not God.
1 Timothy 6:9
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
We all would like not to have to struggle from one paycheck to the next. Some have been blessed by God, some are just so good with handling their finances, paying to God what is God's (Tithing) and giving above and beyond what He requires (offerings), that God has blessed them. I am terrible at my finances. That is why God has not blessed me with abundance, I would go out and blow it on me.
Taters my cat, doesn't need treats, she needs good nutrition and a balanced diet. I don't need that Ferrari or Porsche, I need a dependable car that gets me from point A to point B. Sometimes, though, just as I will give Taters an extra treat or two, just because she looks SO SAD,, God will bless us with something special just because He loves us.
Gotta Go, Taters is asking to go out on the Patio and sit in the chair. "Taters, just a minute, I am doing something important right now........, OK OK I am coming, you are so spoiled."
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