When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.
Psalm 27: 2-3
Thought for Today: There is a story about a business executive who was about to lose his business due to debt. One day, he met an old man who asked him what was troubling him. He told the old man his woes and the old man offered to help by writing him a check, telling him to meet him back there in one year to repay him. After the old man left, the executive looked at the check for $500,000 signed by John D. Rockefeller. Rather than use the money to pay his bills, the executive placed the uncashed check in a safe. Over the course of the year, he was able to make many business deals knowing that he had the check sitting in the safe to back him up. Consequently, he turned his business around. The day came to meet the old man. As he was about to tell him about how he had turned his business around, a nurse came up to the old man saying, "oh, there you are. I'm glad I found you." Turning to the executive, she said, "he likes to go around telling people that he is John D. Rockefeller." The executive was stunned. A worthless, uncashed check from a madman had changed his entire life.
We have an uncashed check sitting in a safe, not worthless and not from a madman but from our God Himself. By accepting our Lord's free gift of salvation, we have no need to fear, no need to doubt. We can rest peacefully in His truth and His promises to us. As David wrote in the snippet of Psalm 27 above, we can be confident in the truth that the Lord is our light and salvation. As you go about your day today, will you be confident in yourself, your friends and family, your wealth? Or, will your confidence be in the unseen God who will sustain and provide, regardless of the circumstances?
