Are you concerned about money these days? The economic news is mostly gloom and doom. But could it be that God will use these circumstances to wean us from our addiction to wealth and comfort? Could it be that God will release us from the grip of selfishness and greed and free us to give generously and joyously and sacrificially? I pray that it will be so.
As John Piper points out in a recent sermon on missions, the problem is not that we have insufficient funds to support missionaries, but rather we have become obsessed with our excess of money! He says, "No, it isn’t for lack of money that there are 1,568 peoples with no missionaries. It’s because we have so much. The comforts of the West have made us soft and cautious and fearful and indulgent and self-protecting, instead of tough and risk-taking and bold and self-controlled and self-sacrificing."
You can read or listen to the sermon here.