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Fear of Financial Meltdown
Dear Max,
The 1990s was an amazing time for the industry in which I worked. I was able to buy a huge house and get a fabulous new car. I even started collecting artwork from around the world. Things sure have changed in the past few years. Now my company’s sales are dropping like a rock, and I keep hearing talk about another layoff. I’m sinking and need help.
-Tom, Atlanta, GA
My friend Tom,
I feel for what you are going through and see it every day with those at Oak Hills, our church. If there were no God, trusting in your money and “stuff” would be the only appropriate response to an uncertain future. But there is a God. And this God does not want his children to trust money. Our world has brought us up to believe that money will answer it all. The accumulation of wealth is a popular defense against fear. Since we fear losing our jobs, health care, or retirement benefits, we amass possessions, thinking the more we have, the safer we are. The resounding and recurring message of Scripture is clear: God owns it all. God shares it all. Trust him, not stuff! I’ll be praying for you Tom as you and many others are going through this. Fear not!
