Hebrews 13:5 NIV
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
There is nothing to worry about where money is concerned because the Lord my God will always financially provide. He will never leave me alone. As long as I pursue him in my day to day life and in my path and goals and dreams, I shall not be left wanting of anything. He will care for my needs. And in this happiness might be found. Where there is no constant wanting of more than has been given and no lack of satisfaction with what I have already been given.
it's said that we can only have one master. money or the lord. and serving one means hating the other. there's only one way and not both.
for me, i think that it means to never be afraid of what God puts on my heart to pursue. if he says go, then i should go and not shy from going abroad to another country in pursuit of his work. that is a high honor. to be chosen for such a purpose by the lord is grand. you don't have to be afraid to go outside your comfort zone. he will take care of you no matter where you are.
that's my practical application of this, because if God really wants me to explore eastern africa or the middle east as a medic, well then. or even west africa. turkey? the ukraine? there are a lot of places in the world where medical services are not readily available. places where i could conceivably make a difference if i wasn't so scared to leave the country. i mean, it's better now that i've gone to peru. i feel certainly more at ease about leaving. but a permanent residence abroad is still--no matter though. i must go where God sends me and i must continue to keep an open mind about where that might be. the thing is that even though money is obviously better if i serve in the united states, that's not the point. if i have skills that are needed elsewhere, well then elsewhere i must go.
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