Over the last three years, I have received several emails from people who were upset because they had prayed and asked God for newer cars, bigger houses and other material things and He didn’t give them what they had asked Him for.  How dare you and I get upset with God when He doesn’t do what we want Him to do.  He knows better than we do what is good for us and what is in His perfect will for our lives.  We would do well to remember our Scripture verse “for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return”.

Sometimes we act like God is a puppet and all we have to do is pull His strings to make Him perform for us.  God is not a name it and claim it God.  He is a holy God and we need to treat Him with the respect that He deserves.  Thank God for His mercy and for His forgiveness or we would be in serious trouble.  He loves us so much that He gave His Son to die for us.  If He would do that for us, we should never doubt that He loves us even when He doesn’t give us what we think that we need.

I think that all of us would like to live in a beautiful big house and drive a fancy car but we don’t need these things.  God allows us to have these things because He wants us to be happy, not because we need them.  If we have food to eat, clothes to wear and a house to live in, then we have all the material things that we really need.

Someone sent me an email two years ago and told me “There are too many days in the month and not enough money for the days”.  This person is on Social Security and sometimes doesn’t have enough money to buy all of the things that he needs.  He told me that when he was working that he had made a lot of money. He said that he has a nice retirement fund but because of the prices being so high, the money is almost gone.  If you have food to eat, clothes to wear and a house to keep you protected from the weather, then God has provided all that you need so remember to thank Him for His provisions.

You can drive the newest car, live in the biggest house and have all the material things that you want, but if you don’t have Jesus in your heart, none of those things mean anything.  God is not impressed with our material possessions.  What touches His heart is the condition of our hearts.  Is He happy when He sees what is in your heart or is He sad?

Have you thanked God today for the bed that you sleep on?  There are many people who do not have a bed to sleep on.  Have you thanked Him for the three meals you eat every day?  There are some people who only have enough food to eat once a day.  Let’s stop complaining to God because we don’t have all that we think we need or want.  Instead of complaining, let’s start thanking and praising God for His unconditional love and for providing all that we need.

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

Genesis 3: 19
King James Version