Matthew
6:26NLT; Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns,
for your heavenly Father feeds them. And
aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
There’s a world of
tension and stress for many Christians surrounding our wants and needs because
for many Christians, nothing seems to change, year after year without seeing
the kind of results you expect. It’s a
challenge to hear the truth about who we are and then make the changes to
become better. Simply because we are so
wrapped up in our earthly selves that pleasing God becomes the furthest thing
on our mind.
God tells us to trust
him, and I guarantee you that most Christians have difficulty trusting in
something or someone they cannot see. Do
you believe you are worthy and lovable? God says you are. This is a question we sometimes have to ask
ourselves when our behavior speaks otherwise.
Will we trust God, will we trust in His power and in His way? Our Heavenly Father challenges us to shift
our focus off of what we don’t have and consider what He has already blessed us
with. Not that any of us Christians want
to be disappointed, but it’s more comfortable to trust what we know than to
reach out on faith for the unknown.
Will God really bless me
with a good man? This is what doubting
God sounds like in our minds. If a good
man comes along it must mean that it was by chance. When in truth, God has the ability to cause
anybody to find you. God has the ability
to cause all of your financial crisis and instability to fade away. But it must require us to seek Him first in
all that we do, instead of seeking the dollar bill, or our jobs, or even a man,
to do all that we need.
Many Christians have a
war within themselves on trusting God and His word. We just have to remember Jesus Christ told us
not to worry about a thing – He’s got us! And I know this is still very hard
for many of us, no matter how many times we read this verse or here it said.
When it comes down to it you will have to make a decision, which one will you
be most devoted to.
We still have to
remember, God and His word never changes, it’s us that changes. Jesus Christ would say to us…” Don’t worry if
you’re going to be single for the rest of your life – don’t worry about your
health, don’t worry about your life!”
We bring God down to our
level without us even realizing it. The truth of the matter is that God can
make a rock praise Him, that’s just how little our circumstances really are
because there is absolutely nothing that is impossible for God to do or solve
in our lives. The bottom line of what
our Lord Jesus Christ tells us to do in Matthew is to seek God’s Kingdom first,
and God will take care of it all. We
have to evaluate our attitudes that we bring before God’s throne.
Our Lord and Savior says
that he will meet all of our needs according to His riches in Glory. The problem we face continually is our riches
are devoted in the world’s system. If we go without we worry, if we need food
we worry, if we lose our job we worry but the citizens of Heaven don’t suppose
to do this. Single women worry that they won’t ever get married – they worry
will God ever bless them with someone to love them enough that will want to
spend the rest of their lives with them.
Not to worry – as Jesus Christ asked the question “Aren’t you far more
valuable to God.”
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