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Abandonment to the Divine Will

In light of the current economic situation of our country, I thought it might be appropriate to touch on this very important subject. So often we lose sight of the fact that God has a plan for our lives. We become self-centered and limit our spiritual vision. We forget that we were made for greater things than simply working for this or that company. We have dignity and uniqueness as human beings. We are loved and can love in return. Jesus wants what is best for us; therefore we have to abandon ourselves to His divine will.

We have so many uncertainties in this life. Will I have a job next month? Will my children be provided for? Will I have enough money saved up for retirement? Yet despite all of these legitimate concerns, we do have one certainty...God loves us.

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they: And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all those things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." - Matthew 6:25-34

So during these times of uncertainty let us place our trust in the Lord of heaven and earth and abandon ourselves to His divine will.