Anybody seen these bumper stickers, signs, posters, ads, etc. saying "God Bless America"? I find it incredibly American to think God hasn't already blessed America. Look at the stats. America is appx 6% of the world's population, yet it consumes 40% of the world's resources. Experts estimate that in order to feed every single person in the world, it would take 20 billion dollars. Thats how much Americans spend each year on ice cream.
It's incredible to even begin to think of how much God has blessed us in America. I'm 99.9% sure that everyone that reads this will eat tonight. That's just a given. But there are going to be 800 million people that will go without food today, 300 million of them are children.
What can we do to help?
I believe that Christians are saved in order to do good works. In the letter of Ephesians, Paul writes that we're saved by the grace of God through faith in Christ in order to do good deeds. I'm going to take it one step farther and say that God has blessed us in order to bless other people. You don't have to bless people with just money either. Sometimes, all people need is a loving word, or time. Maybe you could buy someones lunch for them (One time I paid for a person's lunch through the drive-thru. Not only was I able to bless them, it was just an awesome feeling!).
Maybe God has really blessed you financially. He might be calling you to give some of that money (that is His to begin with) to the poor or a charity that you know will really help the needy.
I hope that you will see that you are blessed to live in a country where you don't have to worry about necessities. May you be able to bless because you are blessed.
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wow. that is so incredibly true.
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