Fear … of economic insecurity will leave us.
Having fear reduced or eliminated and having economic
circumstances improve, are 2 different things. When I was new Celebrate
Recovery, I had those 2 ideas confused. I thought fear would leave me only when
I started making money. However, another participant in Celebrate Recovery
explained it to me this way as I was chewing on my financial to: “For us,
material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded.” I
suddenly understood that this promise was a guarantee. I saw that it put
priorities in the correct order, that spiritual progress would diminish that
terrible fear of being destitute, just as it diminished many of the fears.
Today I try to use the talents God gave me to benefit
others. I’ve found that is what others valued all along. I try to remember that
I no longer work for myself. I only get the use of the wealth God created, I
have never “owned” it. My life’s purpose is much clearer when I just work to
help, not to possess.
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