God's Recession and Redemption Process

This morning I was speaking to my dad and he was telling me a story about a man in the DFW area who has taken his life because of the current financial market. Christian now more than ever have an opportunity to point others to what matters.

John Piper and the people over at Desiring God make so very valid points this morning that I wanted to share.



"God is sovereign over all finances. Any economic recession—global or personal—is never less than recession-by-divine-design."

"When the economy plummets, God has his purposes—perhaps thousands upon thousands of purposes. Some of these purposes he has made known in his Book."

At least 5 of them are:

1. To expose hidden sin and so bring us to repentance and cleansing.
2. To wake us up to the constant and desperate condition of the developing world where there is always and only recession of the worst kind.
3. To relocate the roots of our joy in his grace rather than in our goods—in his mercy rather than our money, in his worth rather than our wealth.
4. To advance his saving mission in the world—the spread of the gospel and the growth of his church
5. To bring his church to care for its hurting members and to grow in the gift of love.