Count your blessings! It’s been said innumerable times when lack and shortage stared one in the face.

In these changing economic times, it’s imperative to take inventory of the vast wealth and riches we have coming from God that meets human needs.

The financial pages of the media would have us measure wealth in a material way, as dollars in the bank or as value of a stock portfolio. But these temporal measurements of wealth inevitably lead to a feeling of insecurity, uncertainty, and even fear over whether our wealth is sufficient, intact, or even existent!

True wealth is spiritual. It really is! And you have it in abundance, coming from God, and without limit, this very moment.

Forget about your checking balance and credit card bills for a moment, and take stock of how wealthy you are.

Wealth is God’s goodness evident in the minutiae of life. It’s the smiles of friends and neighbors, the cheer and expectancy of children who greet you in the classroom, the order of a day, the capacity to think and reason, the ability to love, the freedom to pray, the opportunity to lend a helping hand to another in need.

Wealth is not a material thing that can be taken from you. Wealth is the spiritual richness and goodness of God all around to be honored, acknowledged, valued and lived!

We live in a universe of omnipresent good. God is everywhere, and God’s good is everywhere to be seen and benefited from.

Gratitude and a generous spirit keep thought open to seeing the wealth of Spirit all around and participating in its blessings.

It’s important that we not get mesmerized by a temporal belief of lack. In a conscious awareness of God’s omnipresent goodness, any sense of lack disappears. And what appears to be lacking materially, is more than made up for by what we discover spiritually.

A few months ago, I decided it was time to fix-up a messy corner of our yard and get it landscaped properly. It would require some machine work, equipment we did not have.

The bids that came in to do the job were very expensive—at least by our household standards. The project was put on hold. After a few weeks of prayer and listening as how to proceed, God answered our prayer.

One day, while driving by a rental yard, I saw a piece of equipment that I knew I could operate. It suddenly occurred to me how we could do the job ourselves and rather effortlessly without hiring a contractor.

We rented the tractor, and for a few hundred dollars, saved thousands. The corner is looking terrific today.

It wasn’t more money that we needed, but more humility and better listening.

Wealth is wisdom, ideas, inspiration coming from God, and it meets human needs.

God is an infinite source of inspired ideas that solve problems, resolve difficulties and open doors to opportunity. Money is not the primary need. Prayer, listening, discerning, being grateful and seeing what is already at hand are typically the leading issues to be grappled with.

You are wealthy, incredibly wealthy today! Count your spiritual blessings.

There is no need to wait to claim your rich inheritance coming from God. Look all around. It’s present. You have it. Honor it. Acknowledge it. Look for it, and you’ll be amazed at what treasures you find staring you in the face that you didn’t even realize existed yesterday.

“The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.” Proverbs