Yom Shabbat, Tevet 7, 6003 – December 15, 2018
Not Enough Is Enough
On this Sabbath, it seems good to take a moment and consider the idea behind the word “enough” that we use so frequently in life. It can be easy to forget to be thankful when we have plenty. It can be easy to worry and complain when we do not. But in all it is good to be thankful and to be helpful toward others. The point is we are always cared for by our Father.
Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Paul wrote that he had learned to be content. Content is a state of mind. If we can learn to be like Paul, then we will always have enough. With that as a backdrop, we can then move forward and create all we need to create. We have the power and ability, given to us by God, to gain wealth, for a purpose.
Deuteronomy 8:18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
This Sabbath it is a good thing to reflect on both being content, and on the obtaining of wealth to continue in and further the covenant our Father has with us.
Shabbat Shalom!
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here in the hearts and minds and bodies of the people. Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven, so perfectly. Send us now Your provision that it might overflow to those around us. Deliver us from the evil here. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away all thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us. In their place let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love for us. Deliver us from the evil around us and in us. Restore Your people as it was in the garden, Father. Restore unto Your people all that the worm has eaten. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all the good that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Send in quickly the $423,503, 962.53 that we might use it to promote the kingdom of God here in the hearts and minds and bodies of the people. We ask all these things of You, Father, in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiak. Amen.