If Jesus held a press conference on the economy

By Brian Clendenen

WHAT if you opened your newspaper and saw that Jesus had held a press conference on the economy? Would you want to read on to learn what he had said?

In a literal sense, of course this is not possible. But Jesus did get his message across, by teaching that God cares for every detail of our lives. He showed that because each of us is the child of God, we have a divine birthright to all that He provides— that we can trust that God will meet all our needs.

The true laws of the economy of a nation, a community, or an individual, Jesus implied, are not governed by capricious human circumstances or luck, but by a steadfast and unchanging divine law of supply and demand, God meeting all of our needs. If Jesus held a press conference, and someone asked him what to do about the economy, he might say that as we are faced by a need or demand, we can turn to God in prayer, confident that He can supply whatever we need. We can trust that God will provide for us as He sees fit, and that provision may come in the form of a new or inspiring idea, a person, or a situation that helps us.

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