God's Economy

I never want to stand before God and know that He knows I was a coward or a traitor to what I knew. There's a lot of "knows" in that sentence. You might need to read it twice. That's a tough goal. Due diligence is a phrase commonly used in the legal and professional world. In the religious world I've often heard people discuss the idea of "God's economy". The usage often goes like this, "In God's economy you will not receive something through prayer that God has already provided you with the opportunity to have through a duty you failed to fulfill." You might need to read that one twice also. God's economy is maybe more easily understood in the concept of God's transactions with man. God dwells in the universe of laws. Likewise the devil or "old scratch" dwells in the universe between laws. Both God and old scratch transact with man. The universe of those transactions may be called an economy. Patterns of transaction based upon the wants, resources and rules of each arena are observable. In God's economy we are given opportunities. Those opportunities appear in ways much different than often we perceive opportunities in Man's economy because value in God's economy attaches to different phenomenon than in Man's economy. Very often in God's economy, opportunities are only available to those who have performed their due diligence. In doing the things you're "supposed" to do, are commanded to do, opportunities are hidden. In obedience to "conscience". In contrast, opportunities in the devils economy are not hidden but stare you in the face. They appear all around you. They require the breaking of laws or the movement between laws, however their benefit is very real and often substantial. Within the devils economy hides the devil's opportunity. It's in getting you to do what you are not supposed to do that he finds his opportunity, his benefit. In disobedience to "conscience" or even the elimination of it.