Which way is the economy going to go?  I don’t know.  Are we going into a recession?  No, we are already in one.  Are we going into a depression?  I don’t know.  Are we going to see hyperinflation?  I don’t know.  What I do know is that I will seek first the kingdom of God; amen?  If we are entering this year with any anxiety in any of these issues, we need to stop and take hold of ourselves and ask, “Why am I in fear?  Why am I anxious?  Why do I feel the need to know what’s going to happen to arrive at peace?”  Does knowing what’s going to happen fortify you against it?  “Well, it’ll let me at least know what plans to make.”  If I were you, I would let God make some plans for you, such as, “godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6).  We live in an environment of covetousness that is beyond the imagination.  We all have more than we ever dreamed we would have, and yet how many of us are satisfied?  How many are ready to step back and lose some of it?

I like what Jimmy Swaggart said years ago, during another financial crunch with similar problems, “I have finally been able to arrive at peace, and was able to cast it all upon Him when I realized that the worst that can happen in this situation is that I’ll break even, because I started with nothing.  So, if I end with nothing, I just broke even.”  Contentment; amen?  Would you like more contentment?  Would you like to rest in God?  Then let’s read on.  Look at verse 6, “In all thy ways, acknowledge Him…”  In all of your ways, at every intersection, acknowledge God, look to God first.  In all of the research that you might do into these issues, acknowledge God. “I have heard from everybody, but I choose to believe that God is right”; amen?  It’s that ability to hear and trust, to believe in God.