* ICH Events

God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

Matthew 6:34b The Message

Have you ever seen the email titled "Headlines for the Year 2059"?  Some are funny. Some are laugh-out-loud political pundits. Some were just plain disturbing when I came to the stark realization that it could happen and it wouldn't take many more years... Then I caught myself thinking about those particular ones, but only for a moment because I know what the Word of God says about the wiles of the enemy and messing with your head. 

Those are the ICH Events. You know what I mean... It could happen. How many times have we spent hours, days, months worrying about It could happen...  Do you remember how many people bought into the whole Y2K thing? It boggles the mind to think of how much money was spent on that ICH event.

People worry about things because of how it will affect them or their lives or their money or their stuff. Here's what God has to say about that. Matthew 6:19-34 NLT

"Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.“Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?“And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? "So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today."

So, I'm just sayin' - if you're going to fill your head with something, fill it from God's Word - because His Words are the only thing we can know WILL happen and the only Truth that never changes. 

And it could happen... today.

Prayer:

Father,

          Help us to rightly divide the Truth of Your Word and to keep it forefront in our hearts and minds. Let Your Word be in charge of all we say and do. Give us rhema word, O God. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen