“Your Heavenly Father Knows”
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry
about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body,
what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and
the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor
reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you
not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour
to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown
into the oven, will he not much more clothe you – you of little faith?
Therefore do not worry, saying ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or
‘What will we wear?’ For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things;
and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But
strive first for the
“So do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
Have you ever been asked to introduce
yourself, without referring to your occupation? What do you say? How do you
explain who you are and not what you are? It is not easy to focus on being
instead of doing.
Babies begin life by being. As we
shift towards adulthood, we shift more to accomplishment, that of doing. And
then, as we grow older we again focus on being rather than doing. The search
for being isn’t confined to the sunset years. Jesus said that the proper focus
is the antidote for anxiety at any age. He told His followers to look at the
birds and flowers, which are not defined by what they do, and yet God cares for
them. As Christians, our value to God comes not from what we do for Him, but
what we are to Him. Our being – more than our doing – glorifies His name.
You are one of
a kind – designed to glorify God as only you can.
Our Daily
Bread –