“Do Not
Be Worried
About Your Life”
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the
one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other You cannot serve God and wealth.”
“For
this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you
will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than
clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor
gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried
can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing?
Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like
one of these. But if God so clothes grass of the field, which is alive today
and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You
of little faith! "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What
will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?’ For
the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that
you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.”
"So do not worry
about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble
of its own.”
Matthew
6:24-34
There is much talk of
a struggling economy and the cost of living going higher. Any many are getting
anxious about whether they will keep their jobs. Our Lord was not saying we
don’t need to work, but He was warning against those things becoming so
important that we become slaves of money instead of trusting Him.
Ultimately it is the
Lord who will take care of all our needs. And since God is our heavenly Father,
we will have enough.
Money
serves us well if we receive it as God’s provision.
Our Daily Bread –