13TH AUGUST
Matthew 6:25-27, 31-34
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? …Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and 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 added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
When you are on God’s side, what is there to be anxious about?
If you listen to the Holy Spirit’s voice and share Christ with that person you are with, God will look after you. If you invite a friend over for dinner, God will guide the conversation how he wants. Remember he is in control! Even when it may not seem like it.
Don’t you think you matter more to God than a bird or a flower matters to him? He takes care of the birds and the flowers, and he will take care of you, too. There is just one prerequisite to this peace-giving provision: put him first in your life!
MAKE IT PERSONAL
How is God speaking to you today? What worries you at the moment? How does God want you to handle this situation?