Matthew 6:28-30 And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 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, O you of little faith?
Imagine the lilies
blowing in the breeze around Jesus, the Master Teacher, as He used the
beautiful flowers to drive home this powerful point—God cares enough for the
grass of the field to provide it with color and beauty. Don’t worry, He
will provide for you.
The promise of God is to provide us with exactly what we
need. I get a little peeved with people that think and claim He gives us the
desires of our hearts as if it was due them. I have trouble with that because I
think they forget that scripture also says in Psalm 37:4-6 ESV Delight yourself in the Lord,
and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in Him, and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the
light, and your justice as the noonday.
There are some action
verbs in that scripture which require our attention. Delight
yourself in the Lord… Commit your way to the Lord… trust in Him…
Delight yourself in Lord doesn’t mean to sit
around making a list of the ‘desires of your heart’ that you want God to provide
as if He was Santa Claus. It means we fall in love with the Lord and want what
He wants for us. Our will starts lining up with His will for us and we want His
will in our lives more than anything else.
Commit your way to the Lord means your living
and thinking lines up with His precepts and sensibilities and your old ways of
living for yourself, doing what you want to do in your earthly ways falls off
and no longer entices you away from the Lord. Friends, scripture tells us that
temptations and trouble will always be a fact of life as long as we are walking
in out ‘earth suits’ but it also tells us that God will always provide a way
out of temptations for us…it’s up us to make godly choices.
Trust in Him is easy enough to say we do but
do we really? Trusting in the Lord means waiting on His timing instead of
insisting on our own. I’ve learned the hard way that His schedule for my life
is far better than me insisting on pushing ahead of God and doing it MY WAY.
Trusting in Him means believing He will provide what we need, not necessarily
what we want. There is a huge difference. Do you trust Him to know what you
need?
Father, thank you for the love and care you have for your children. Help us to worry
less and trust more. In Jesus’
name. Amen.
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