Scripture

“Seek the kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

Observation

We should not worry about food and drink or clothes. Life is more than the physical body. The birds don’t plant or harvest, but they have enough to eat.

The wildflowers are closed more gloriously than Solomon was. They don’t work or make clothes, but God cares for them beautifully.

We should not worry about our physical needs. Instead we should seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness as our first priority. Then God will give us everything we need.

Application

We live in live in an age of anxiety. When people try to live their own lives and strive to provide for themselves everything they need, the result is is anxiety, stress, burnout.

We were not created to be self-sufficient, but to live in partnership with our Creator. When we stand proudly on our own two feet and declare, “I can I can do it myself “, then we set ourselves up for fear and anxiety.

This also this also brings a wrong focus in our lives. Rather than living at peace with God, and our neighbour, life becomes a competitive striving for survival.

Jesus tells jus to focus on what God wants from us. That will probably involve work of some sort, but it is living in confident assurance that God will provide abundantly for us.

Prayer

Thank you Lord for this for this reminder of your goodness. Please help me to trust you for all that I need all that I need. Amen