Luke 12:31 (Living Bible Paraphrase) says: "He will always give you all you need from day to day if you will make the Kingdom of God your primary concern." You probably know the verse better as "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you."
Another Scripture I want to include in this blog is Matthew 6:25, also the Living Bible paraphrase, which sets the pattern for our attitude concerning material things. The writer says, "So my counsel is: Don't worry about things -- food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body -- and they are far more important than what to eat and wear."
Putting these two Scriptures together we see that we need to give God and His Word first place in our lives. We need to have an attitude of faith and trust. And we can always depend on God's Word. It will never fail us nor forsake us.
But-t-t-t -- oh, that dreadful little word "but"! We cannot have faith and trust if all we see is our problems! And whichever looms larger in our sight will determine what we are mostly conscious of: our problems or God! Often we cannot figure out how God is going to meet our needs. Hey, that's none of our business. Our business is to trust Him and realize that He is bigger than our problems.
In my working days, I had a poster on my wall at the office that said (somewhat ungrammatically, I will admit): "Help me to remember, Lord, that nothing's gonna happen today that You and me can't handle together."
Which is bigger in your eyes -- your problems or God's Word? Just asking!
Preacher's Kid
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