every able [adult] body.......

I believe and know that it is the God-given responsibility of every [adult] able body to take necessary proactive measures to keep themselves ahead of the unemployment rate. Today's economy has proven time and time again that employment is not a sure security. For those of the mentality that the only right thing to do is to stay employed and take no risks outside of the employment box to better their own finiancial future, where exactly is that backed up in Scripture? Can't find it because it's not there. For one's goal to only be that of being able to keep paying bills, that's a pretty pathetic goal. Have you not been watching the economy of this country [and around the world] for the past several decades? I guess not.

The employment [only] mentality is worse than shortsited. It's actually pretty lazy. Why? Well, for one, in the employment box mindset they are letting someone else direct their future security....at best. At worse....someone else decides for them [everyday] when they can go potty while paying them less than what their efforts are worth....on top of that. Yes, God has a plan for each and every individual heaven bound child of His. But it's not at the hands of another fallible human being. Yet, it's unfortunate, that there are SO MANY that would much rather sign on the dotted employment line than to go beyond and add some other source of option for their financial well being, for which they are responsible. Sounds so much like captalism. Oh, it is!

So, to wish and ponder on greater things and life dreams/goals that require more than a job is willing to pay, one has to deny themselves so much of what God/life actually has to offer. They tell themselves "no" day after day. Either that or they tell themselves, "I can't because I can't afford it". And within a family, they also tell their spouse and their children over and over, "I'm sorry, but no." Is that what God desires for us? No. That's not scriptural either. Sure, He desires a closer relationship with us, more intimacy by the day...etc., but that doesn't label all other God-given dreams and desires for oneself and their family a "sin" to chase after. The God-given freedoms are categorized as "wrong"...as in sin. What a shame. What an absolute shame.

Another problem with not going outside of the employment mindset and taking any "risks" to better one's financial future is that it puts one at even greater risk. It's not about letting go and Giving God full control. It's about giving another human being control. [BTW, the idea of giving God control has been wrongly defined on so many counts it's not funny. By even today's standards, it's not what God actually had in mind]. To take an honest risk at taking some control of your own financial security is nothing by comparison.