Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Matthew 6:25-34
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What is it about us? Jesus says, “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” and I think I can hear a number of people in my world who might raise their hands believing heartily that worry will be able to make a difference! Of course, they all eventually realize the truth that we simply can’t gain anything by worrying.
Worry is worthless!
Of course, the point Jesus is trying to make is that God himself will care for us and meet our needs if we are his children. If your needs are clothing or food, God can meet those needs.
Do you know what the most refreshing part of living life like this is? It’s not the lack of worry over where the next meal is coming from. It’s not the lack of concern over what clothes you have. The most refreshing part of living life this way is that we never have to determine our needs versus our wants. If we are his children, and if his promise is true that he will meet our needs, then whatever I have is something God thought I needed, but whatever I don’t have is something that I don’t need!
BIG IDEA FOR THE DAY: What you lack is something God thought you don’t need now. What do you think about that?
