Friday, June 17, 2016

Saturday, June 18, 2016


Matthew 6: 34-34

Jesus said to his disciples:
“No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or 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 in the sky;
they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes?
Learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field,
which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’
or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”

A man cannot serve the Lord and himself. A man who serves the Lord today need not worry about tomorrow. God will prove his servant with all that he needs for today. A man only need trust, have true faith, that God will take care of him.

How often do we worry about tomorrow? How will I pay the bills? How will I get what I need? We want to be in control of our future because being in control puts our mind at rest. We don’t serve the Lord. We serve ourselves.

Instead we are called to approach the Lord as if we were little children. My two year old does not worry about what she will eat today. She has no concerns for what she will wear. She trusts completely that her mother and I will provide for all her needs. How blessed is it to be like a small child? Our heavenly father wants the same thing from his children. Do not fret, the Lord will take care of you and give you what you need.

When the master I served was myself I found that I couldn’t provide for my needs and the needs of my family. The more I worried the more things went wrong. The deeper in trouble I became. The more I tried to control the more things went astray.

Then I stopped fighting and put my trust in the Lord. Things changed almost overnight. My health improved. My finances started going in the right direction. Everything improved. Now, when faced with a difficulty, if I can maintain my trust the difficulty always gets resolved. If I try to control and resolve it does not. The Lord has done great things for me and Holy is his name.

For me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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