Material and Spiritual Well-Being

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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