I would like to share this devotion given by Bill Herzog at the November 2008 Deacons' Meeting with a larger audience, so please read this:

While preparing for tonight's devotion, one of Ferdi's recurring comments about God not having a bank account stuck in my mind. Although this was aimed primarily at this month's Stewardship Drive, it struck me that God provides for us in many ways that can be contrasted and compared to bank accounts. These verses from Matthew seem to encompass God's gifts to us and all of our concerns in these trying times.

Matthew 6:26-34 
26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life]? 28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I searched the internet for stories and commentaries that showed how God provides for us without the need for a bank account or in ways that can be compared to a bank account. This first story speaks directly to Ferdi's statement that God achieves His ends without need of a bank account and shows that He is not limited to using the people of His church to achieve these ends. More >

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