FORT KNOX - TRUE GOLD OR GONE

Acts 3:6  "Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you..."

I can remember a time when just the name of Fort Knox brought up visions of gold bars stacked in rows and rows in support of our economy.  With our economy such as it is, with our nation's debt so far out of reach, I find it hard to believe in the structure once set up by our forefathers.

So many people through out the years have put their hopes, their dreams in gold....or for us every day folks, dollars.  We have seen so often those hopes, those dreams, shattered as disaster in one form or another has struck our families, our homes.....our lives.  Illness can wipe away savings in an instant, even for those with insurance.  Fires, floods....so many things can take away the tangible assets of our personal funds.... a nations funds gone as they overspend to try and compensate for the lack of planning, the lack of trust in solid gold has long been gone.  The only difference between personal and national funds is that we face the hard fact of what is no longer there.....nations funds (money tax payers have supported) .....well, we have no way of really knowing what is there or what is gone, the value goes up and down daily.  Trust has been lost over the years.....faith in a nation that was once built on Godly principles has deteriorated.  We have no idea of what gold is really at Ft. Knox.

Could it be when fear arises.....when these times of anxiety rise up taking over our thoughts, our lives....could it be that perhaps we have our trust in the wrong gold source?  The gold in Ft. Knox will not be what is going to save our nation.....save us.  It could be gone in an instant!

Our hopes.....our trust.....should only be placed in One.....in Jesus Christ our Lord.  When all the riches of the world fade away.....when physical assets are gone......when what we know as our daily living is no longer.....there is One who, from the beginning.....and to the end.....will be there for us.

Our Provider, dear friends, has no intention of leaving us.....nor will he deceive us as to what His riches are and their availability to us.....our trust in Him is solvent.  The debts of this world are man- made.....the debt we could never pay.....was paid for us at Calvary.  When we leave this world, when Father calls us home.....debts that ensnare so many on this earth will stay here......our sin.....the debt that was paid for with the shedding of the precious blood of our Savior, Jesus.....has washed us white as snow and we are received into the welcoming arms of our Lord.....debt free.....silver and gold could not do this......only the love and grace of God did this......

Put your trust......your hope......your faith in the riches of the Father, our God in heaven......He has paid the price for your salvation.....this can never be taken from you......it is the purest means of gold that is stored up in His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, that lives in you.....we are rich, dear friends, beyond measure.