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Fear of Poverty comes on people and is like a curse.  Fear has a huge grip in people’s life. Poverty, lack of money to live is gaining ground in our culture of me, me, me.    We are so used to purchasing what we desire, not simply what we need that we are driven. Driven to perform to buy those things we don’t need.

I am not saying having money is not a good thing. Believe me it is. I was over taken with Fear of Poverty several years ago when my life circumstances changed. I had been a stay at home mom for many years. Suddenly I was needing to find a way to become self sufficent.  I went into panic and anxiety attacks over lack of trust in my provider.

My provider is God. I completely shut him out of the picture, not trusting that HE is the creator of everything including our bank accounts. No one can out give God.  Many don’t give back to the giver by tithing or offerings.  This is stealing from our ultimate provider in the first place.  Ugly greed gets in the way of seeing the real picture.

Every time I test to see how my finances go by not writing my tithe check first my needs aren’t met that month. For many years I wrote my tithe to my local church or ministries I support before paying bills.  Even if  no other income came in, other then a paycheck, the money just seemed to cover all my families needs plus some wants.  The times I have tested and not given God from my first fruits were the times I struggled financially.

As we all know financial struggles cause stress and anxiety. Right now our country is experiencing a downturn in the economy causing many job losses. There is the fear of poverty coming on us.  This fear of poverty is understandable to a point. Perhaps God is allowing this to happen to test our loyalty to him in so many areas, not just finances. America has made money our god, which is not right. 

Let’s not put things before human life.  We come into this world with no-thing and we leave this world with no-thing.  I believe that God wants us to live abundant lives with his blessings.  We need to trust in his provision and follow what he has taught us to receive his blessings and provisions.

Deuteronomy 28 it says that the blessings shall overtake you, so that you can’t even number them.

God blesses us in so many ways other then monetarily. How many times do we take our loving relationships and health for granted.  Money is not the root of all evil —that’s correct–it is the LOVE of money that is the root of evil. Meaning that the overwhelming idolatry of wanting, having and getting at any cost monetary gain is the root of evil. Keep a balance, trust the provider and his blessings will overtake you.

I, too need money to live and met my needs and wants. However, I work hard on keeping my sights set on trusting my great provider and not in FEAR of poverty. FEAR is the opposite of FAITH and both compete for place in your life.

Choose FAITH and TRUST for your financial blessings not Fear of poverty!