Your Encouraging 5 Minute Podcast
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Your Encouraging 5 Minute Podcast
Generosity Doesn't Always Mean Throwing Around Money
Financial anxiety is real, but your security doesn't come from a paycheck.
God sees you in your financial struggles and hasn't forgotten you!
Jake's story of an unexpected job loss and facing mounting bills shares how God provided for him through unexpected means - a neighbor delivering groceries, repaid loans, and a surprising job opportunity.
Philippians 4:19 promises God will meet ALL your needs, and Jesus taught us to pray for "daily bread" because He knows we tend to worry about tomorrow.
Here's the best part: your job isn't to figure everything out—your job is to trust God. His job is to provide!
Thank you so much for listening to your Encouraging 5-Minute Podcast. Hey, we're Eric and Heather. Give us five minutes. We're going to give you a little encouragement for your day and if you like what you hear, well, you can listen to all kinds of encouragement on WPER, virginia's home for encouragement. And if you live outside the listening area, you can always listen online on your smart speaker. Just say hey, smart speaker, play WPER or you can even download the WPER app.
Speaker 2:Guessing that finances may or may not be weighing heavily on your mind today, your heart, the bills stack up, job looks uncertain or you're just wondering how you're going to make it through this month. Well, let's just start by saying we see you, we feel that We've been there and, more importantly, god sees you.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Money problems are very real, but we want to encourage you today with the truth that's even more real. Your security does not come from a paycheck. It comes from the provider, your provider, Jesus.
Speaker 1:A couple of years ago my friend, jake, unexpectedly lost his job. So he and his co-workers went to work and the building was closed. No, notice, nothing. They're just a sign on the door that said business closed. They're all standing there looking at each other like, well, jake had a family to support, a mortgage, barely any savings, like a lot of us. And of course he goes home and he starts doing anything he could applying for jobs, picking up side work, but nothing for like a full-time job opened up. So one night he was sitting at his kitchen table Maybe you have been there with big piles of unpaid bills and Jake just broke down and he's like God, I don't know what to do.
Speaker 1:I have literally done everything. I just need you to show up and, sure enough, very slowly. God did Not with you know, like a winning lottery ticket, like we all hope for right. But God did not knock on his door with an instant solution either. What God did was to show up every day for Jake and his family, like. One day a neighbor dropped off a bag of groceries. They didn't know Jake's fridge was getting close to empty. Another day, a friend sent an unexpected check in the mail for some money he'd borrowed from Jake over a year ago. Then, out of nowhere, a job opportunity showed up, one Jake would have never considered, but one that turned out to be exactly what he and his family needed. And Jake even told me after he got this job that turned out to be such an awesome fit. He's like I thought God had forgotten me, but he was there the whole time, providing for me and my family in ways I didn't expect.
Speaker 2:Well, maybe that's where you are today, wondering where God is in all of this as you struggle. Can I remind you of something? God is your provider. Philippians 4.19 says it my God will meet all your needs, not some of them, all of them, according to his riches and his glory in Christ Jesus. Again, not some of your needs, not just when the economy's good, but all your needs. Does that mean money's gonna suddenly rain down from heaven? Oh, let it be so? No, no. But it does mean you're never alone in the struggle. God's not blind to your situation and he's not indifferent to your need. He cares about every bill, every sleepless night, every anxious thought.
Speaker 1:Yeah, jesus even taught us to pray. Give us this our daily bread for a reason Because, you know, since Jesus was fully human, he knows we're prone to worry about tomorrow, about everything. That's why Jesus invites us to trust him today, and also to slow down and take our lives one day at a time, not to worry about tomorrow, but to know that he will sustain us every single day, just like he always has.
Speaker 2:And maybe his provision won't exactly look like you expect it to. Maybe it'll come through a friend's generosity, a temporary opportunity or a door you never even considered before. One thing is certain God is faithful. He will provide.
Speaker 1:So, look, just join me right now. Take a deep breath. You don't have to figure this out. Your job isn't to figure this out. Your job is to trust. God's job is to provide.
Speaker 2:And he's really good at his job. Yeah, he is the best.
Speaker 1:So can I pray before we go? Jesus, you know every fear, every financial burden weighing on the heart of the person listening right now. You are our true provider and I just ask that you would meet their needs, open doors that only you can open. Give them peace that passes their comprehension in this moment, knowing that you have not forgotten them. Remind them, lord, that their security is not in money, but in you. Thank you, lord, for your mercies. Amen, honey, you are not alone. You are held and God is still in control, even if it feels like utter chaos.
Speaker 2:Hope you feel encouraged. Thanks for spending five minutes with us today. If this did encourage you, share it with someone who needs the reminder that God will make a way.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you can always listen for more encouragement to WPER Virginia's home. For encouragement Outside the area, we've got an app Head over to WPERorg for a direct link to download it.
