Survival Plan

While the Greek economy staggers onwards, no one seems to have a sensible survival plan for the people of Greece, nor its economy.
The same could be said for the terrible situation in Syria, which looks set to get much worse.
But some wonder whether the whole economic mess in the world can be fixed, especially by the very same people who caused the problems.
Wherever we look, things appear very bleak. After years of plenty, with feasting on every side, we now look to be heading for years of hardship and enforced fasting on every side. Do we have a survival plan?
The story of God's people is of God providing a survival plan.
From the earliest times, has been of a people facing hardship and struggle. Enslaved in Egypt, then set free only to wander for 40 years in the desert. Much later, exile and captivity, and prophets speaking of God bringing water to the desert. Years later, the story moves on.
'Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. 
During that time the devil[a] came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ (Matthew 4.1-4)
God's survival plan for all of us, as shown by Jesus, is that we should be so deeply rooted in God's promises and provision for us that He enables us to survive. As we sang in Church yesterday, 'When i'm faced with anguished choice, I will listen for Your voice' (watch this YouTube clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l8RVhxndYg

We see Jesus doing exactly this, and it made Him strong to live. His survival plan was what we need. So we need to read the Bible regularly, and learn to trust the Lord, by practice and habit.
Best wishes,
Richard