In the year 1955 the United States Congress ordered that the words IN GOD WE TRUST be printed on all paper money and all coins. This has surely pleased God and also been a blessing to this country. If you look at a one-dollar bill, you will see that the seal shows an American eagle with a ribbon in its beak and the insignia E PLURIBUS UNUM (out of many, one). In its talons are the arrows of war and an olive branch for peace. The reverse side of this seal shows an unfinished pyramid with an eye above it.
Why was an eagle chosen? Deut. 28:4949The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; (Deuteronomy 28:49) says this: "As swift as the eagle flieth." Also there is a wonderful comparison to the eagle in ch. 32:9-12, "For the Lord's portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of His inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him.”
These scriptures give two reasons that suggest why the eagle was placed on this country's seal. The eagle is a symbol of swiftness and of training and protection. Job says about the eagle, "Her eyes behold afar off." So we see also that the eagle is noted for keenness of vision. Then in Psa. 103:55Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. (Psalm 103:5) we find another quality of the eagle: "Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.”
Another comparison to the eagle is found in Isaiah 40:3131But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31): "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Not only is money admired, but it is also desired. Do we desire it too much? "We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." The love of money is a root of all sorts of evil. Some are taken over by this covetousness, and have wandered away from the Christian faith and reaped great sorrow.
Money can be used well and frequently we do use it well. But let us not trust in it, but rather "trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Prov. 3:55Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5). Ed.
"Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them.
Are ye not much better than they?...
your heavenly Father knoweth.”