I’m trying to help my daughter understand money. When her grandmother gives her a few dollars, we go to the Dollar Store, and I let her shop for herself. All this started because one time, while out shopping, she asked for a particular item, and I told her she could not have it because I did not have enough money. She kindly reminded me that I did have money: “Just give the lady that card in your purse,” she said. How I wish it were really that easy. What my toddler doesn’t realize is that the value is not in the plastic card, it’s in how much money I actually have in my bank account.
But this had me thinking. I believe we treat God the same way sometimes. We look at His blessings and start to think the value is in the blessing and not God Himself. We look to the deliverance and not the Deliverer. We look to the healing and not the Healer. We look to the provision and not the Provider, to the blessing and not God. This type of thinking is detrimental to our faith because it means our faith is rooted in uncertain circumstances and not our unchanging, all-powerful, and always worthy God. Psalm 145:3 reminds us:
“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” (Psalm 145:3 ESV)
Today, I want to encourage you to look to God for who He is, not just what He can do for us. May our devotion to God not be based on the outcome of our prayers but on the worthiness of our God.
Dear Heavenly Father, you keep your promises, you never change, and you are always worthy. May I worship you always as You alone deserve. In Jesus Christ Name I pray, Amen.