There is really only one question...

So this post is really about something that I have gone over and over about in my own heart and mind all throughout our journey, and as I have sat and listened to countless people and their own journeys through not only adoption, but through whatever adventures God is taking them. As believers, we should all share some common beliefs about God and life and how we fit into all of this. First, we are all like grass...here today and gone tomorrow. Finite, limited, beings in mind and body. We really don't have a lot to bring to the table in this universe. We came into this world with naught even the ability to speak, much less any possessions to speak of. God, however, is the Maker and Sustainer of the entire universe. Concerning himself not only with the welfare of the celestial bodies in the heavens (to which we as limited humans do not even have the time in our life, if we were to start when we first learned to count, to sit and count them all. We can't even count all the stars. Yet God, not only has knowledge of their quantity, but has named them all and manages, easily to keep them in orbit)--all the way down to the tiniest ant that crawls along our planet. All of creation is interwoven together and he sustains it, making it flow like a beautiful symphony. To again contrast, we haven't in the thousands of years we have been here, despite the collaborative efforts of hundreds of thousands of curious, intelligent human minds been able to even yet identify all the species that are ON earth today, much less have knowledge of past existences of creatures. Then, if I were to go on to yet another area of discussion of possession and wealth, it is our understanding, as believers, through scripture and through observance of the world around us that all that we see, all that we ourselves believe to own, it is all his. Every rock, every cloud, every raindrop, every penny, every Euro. It is all his. It not only belongs to Him, He has supreme say so as to what happens to it. Jesus has supreme authority in this world. There is no one in authority who has not been placed in that position without the knowledge or approval of God himself. No teacher, no government official, no pastor, no one. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the Son, and thus remains in the God head. To belabor my point just a little more, all wisdom and knowledge, belongs to him as well. Every arena of thought, whether it concerns an area of academics, business, future events, relationships, whatever we could possibly have to concern ourselves with in our life, He knows and understands it all, past, present, future all things considered. I could add to this topic all that God himself says to Job at the end of the book...I think you are getting the picture. Now to the amazing part. When we acknowledge our need for God, our acceptance of the sacrifice of Jesus as sufficient for our reconciliation to God, God's beloved Son, Jesus, stands before God, the Father, on our behalf as our advocate and the fullness of God, who He is, all He owns, all His wisdom, everything we could possibly need in our lives, is given to us just as He would give to His own Son. NOTHING we need is then withheld and we have full access to the Father, and all that He is. Considering what is written above in who He is and what belongs to Him, is there anything else we could be lacking in our lives outside of what God is offering in Himself through His Son? The same love He has for Jesus, His precious Son, He has for us when we are found accepting His son. Therein is His motiviation and His indisputable love. So to sum it up, He owns it all, and by all, I mean all of everything, everywhere. Because of His love for Jesus (which no one can dispute His love for His son, even if you doubt it for yourself) He withholds none of what He has---all of what He owns is freely accessible to His Son, and since scripture calls us co-heirs with Christ, this means us too!!! He has the goods, He has the desire, He is not only willing but excited to provide for our every need! So the way I see it, when faced with a decision, lets say, to adopt or care for an orphan, or anything else we are either called or commanded to do, the question is not, do I have enough resources. The answer is an undoubtable Yes in Christ Jesus. It is not will I have enough time, again, always yes in Christ Jesus. Do I have the patience, Yes in Christ Jesus. Whatever question you have about your ability to do the thing He is calling you to, if you approach it only considering what is exists within the realm of your limited finite humanity, you will most certainly never be able to justify based on this, your reasons for stepping out. However if you consider all that He is, all that He has, and the fact that He is not going to withhold any of it from you because He loves you and is excited to give you all that you need and all that He is in Christ Jesus, you most certainly will never have a reason to not step out in what He is calling you to. So then, the only question that remains, is what is God calling me to do?