Place God First

Money, I have realized, is more than ink on paper or a mere medium of exchange. For many, it acts as a perceived safety net - a fragile one at best. Yet if not money, what then provides true security? Only God. Paradoxically, one experiences real safety only through surrender. To be stripped of the false security of money is, in fact, to be armed with a genuine safety net - divine providence itself.
My Himalayan journey, undertaken with a one-way ticket and not a single rupee or mobile phone in hand, offered this lesson in its most vivid form. It was a profound demonstration of how God, in His infinite wisdom, orchestrates the exact help, sustenance, and guidance His devotee requires, regardless of circumstances or apparent limitations. After experiencing this, one gradually learns to live from a space of surrender, trusting implicitly that God always supports, even when the signs are subtle or seemingly absent.
And with that trust comes a natural flowering of service. When one has witnessed firsthand how generously God provides, the heart longs to extend that same generosity outward. Surrender does not lead to passivity, but to an active participation in God's work - serving others as living extensions of the divine, and becoming, in turn, an instrument of the very providence that once sustained oneself.