Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matthew 6:25-27
“Two kinds of people.
1. Scarcity people
2. Abundance people.
Which one are you? Of course I know which one you want to be. We all want to be abundance people, but who we want to be and who we are…well let’s just call that a major concern. There’s a telltale sign to find out whether you are a scarcity or an abundance person. The sign of scarcity is the presence of worry or anxiety. The level to which you worry or carry anxiety, to that extent you are a scarcity person.
No matter how much a scarcity person has, there will never be enough. No matter how little an abundance person has, there will always be more than plenty. Abundance or scarcity has little to do with external quantity. It has everything to do with internal quality. Scarcity is the sickness of the human condition. It’s primary symptoms are worry and anxiety. Abundance is the cure of the Kingdom of God. It’s primary sign is deep abiding peace.”
J. D. Walt in “Two Kinds of People: Which One Are You?” Seedbed Daily Text for 6 May 2016.
Sophie and I drove safely from San Diego to Las Vegas last night thanks to God’s abundant grace and traveling mercies. If you are an abundance person, would you pause and pray with me for some people today? I have some friends on mind who (I think) are stuck in scarcity. The “what if” questions of life are holding them captive. Pray with me that they will take hold of life in the Kingdom of God.
Father in heaven, open the eyes of those stuck in scarcity by your Holy Spirit. Help them discover that the promises in Scripture are backed by Your faithful and abundant generosity. Hear my prayer (our collective prayers) in the name of Jesus. Amen.