Storing up treasures in heaven during a recession

Nobody can argue that we are going through some economic hard times? Are not people losing their jobs, the stock market dropped 5% today, and politicians are promising a better future? Sure...but what does this mean to us as the church? What should we be doing? Should we be toiling and worrying if He will provide if our recession goes deeper and longer? No. Personally, I think this time in our country and world could not have come at a better time. This is a great opportunity for us and as a church to rise up and what a better evangelistic time than now to share our faith with our family, friends, and strangers. The recession we are going through and going to continue to go through will peel away the onion skin of our souls and reveal...what are we really trusting in? Am I checking my 401k balance daily? Am I worried I might get laid off? During my quiet time today I re-read Matthew 6:25-34 and the verse that really sticks out to me is 6:26. "Look 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?" Are not the former employees of Bears Stearn more valuable then the birds of the air? Absolutely!

My prayer's that as we as a nation go through these hard times that many will find Christ and turn a page to work more toward storing up treasures in heaven, which do not rust or fade, instead of storing up our treasures in our retirement accounts. I too easily fall victim to our societies pressures of worrying about retirement, economic ruin, wall street failure, but instead I need to focus more on God's sovereignty throughout history and the fact that He will provide all my family's needs in the future too.

Here is a great video supplement how we as Christians should view these economic hard times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7AxMf-Mjhw&eurl=http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/