Notes

Imagine you’re hungry and you’re searching for a snack. You’re in luck - I’m a mom! I probably have a snack in my office right now if you’re hungry. Happy to share.

Imagine that I give you a whole box of snacks. Now you’re set for the rest of the day, and you’ve got an instant mood booster for your carpool full of kids later.

Next, imagine that my family could supply you with a Costco haul that would last you and your family the rest of 2025. I SO wish I could drop off a ton of your favorite snacks and lots of convenient, healthy meal options at your house this afternoon. And maybe some paper towels, gift wrap, Scotch tape, and whatever else you’re running low on!

NOW, imagine that my family OWNS your local Costco - and allows you to come in with your family and stock up on whatever you want, and to gather up some supplies and gifts to share with your loved ones and friends! Something tells me you’d make time in your busy schedule, some room in the trunk of your car, and you’d probably invite a few friends.

Here’s the point. Sometimes I feel like I’d be happy, secure, and able to share with others if someone sent me on an unlimited Costco shopping spree. It’s a little silly, but I have to regularly remind myself: I’m more secure in God’s care than I’d be if I was turned loose in Costco on someone else’s dime.

Psalm 24:1 says, “The world is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” The point here is that all is the Lord’s, and when I remember that he owns it all, something changes in my heart and I start to become less fearful, less greedy, and more generous.

Maybe it’s because I turned 30 this year, and apparently now I talk about the economy in casual conversation with regularity. Maybe lately it’s been a parade of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays and Giving Tuesdays and Green Mondays (look it up, I just learned this one). Or maybe it’s just been too long since I sat my anxious heart down next to the Lord and let him tell me to relax! (He’s in charge, and it’s all his anyway.)

There is nothing that stops my brain from spinning like an acknowledgement of the truth. And it’s as true today as it ever has been, all is the Lord’s. He is not limited. He owns all the world. He owns all the Costcos! These last few weeks of holiday bustle, we can look again and again to our King and be set free from fear and greed and truly become generous as a steward of God’s resources. Let him remind you that all things belong to him, and see what amazing things follow.