What To Seek First

 

 Mt 6:24-34

²⁴ “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Do Not Worry

²⁵ “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 clothes? ²⁶ 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? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ 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—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

In this familiar and beloved passage, Jesus advises us to put our trust in God and avoid worrying about even the essentials, like food and drink. We think that we have reached this level of faith and confidence, and then find ourselves worrying again. We never seems to learn, but more than that, God never tires of teaching us to worry less and trust more. He willingly offers his help daily and patiently waits for us to "come on board" with him.  What is on my mind for today? Can I turn it over to God, and seek first "his kingdom and righteousness?  

Bro. Rene

Dear God, help me to seek first your kingdom and put aside my worries. Amen