Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well ~ Matthew 6:33


Jesus wants us to know that God will provide what we need. It may not be what we want; it will be what we need. There are times when I wake up in the middle of the night and my mind goes to worry. “I have a meeting tomorrow…will someone say something that causes me concern?” Or I will think, “What will happen to me when I make this decision, or that one?” “Will I be…happy, content, provided for, lonely…?” You see, I can worry about all kinds of things that may never come my way, but still my mind will play around keeping me awake. Of course, the next day comes, the meeting happens, and nothing I feared comes to fruition. What I did the night before was waste my time, my energy, and lose sleep! God is our provider and caregiver. He will not desert us, or leave us, not when our hearts and lives are turned toward Him. When I live my life seeking Him, seeking his kingdom values, being obedient to his call on my life, I have nothing to fear! I do not need to worry about the clothes on my back or the food in my pantry. There will be a way for all those material things to come my way. I may need to go to a food bank, I may need to buy my clothes at Value Village (actually, I do!), but I will not go hungry or naked. It does not mean that my life will be easy. I know there are those who believe in the Lord, yet are homeless, I know there are those with mental illness that cannot keep finances straight. I am, you are, one step away from those people at any time, but I know that no matter what happens in life, God will lift me up, God will hold me, God will strengthen me to go through the challenges ahead. I do not expect a perfect life, but I do know a life that gives me what I need will be met in Him.

Pastor Julia

image by pixabay

Comments

Post a Comment

Thank you for your comments

Popular posts from this blog

Proverbs 18:2

Image
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in sharing their own opinions ~ Proverbs 18:2 If we are going to understand something, we must fully digest it so that when we speak, we speak with wisdom. When we have only half truths in our mind, our words become empty and senseless. We then puff out air rather than understanding when we speak. A wise person will want to improve their mind through learning in various ways from the world around them. A person who delights in spiritual understanding will find peace and enjoyment in reading the Word of God on a daily basis, and in participating with God’s people in a learning and praising environment – the church! We come together in corporate worship with the understanding that not one of us knows all things, but we bend our mind and heart to learn what God has to show and say to us. A foolish person makes a show of what they “know” to please their friends or to save face in front of them. More often a wise person will hold t
Read more

Romans 8:26

Image
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans ~ Romans 8:26 Many days, many times, I have the words for prayer. It comes forth and flows fairly naturally as I converse with my Lord God. I hope in the God I worship to hear me, and to receive my words, as I pray in the name of Jesus and believe in Him, my intercessor. He is my Living Saviour, my High Priest, standing at the right hand of God the Father. But there are times when my pain has been so deep that my words will not come. There are times when my agony is so piercing that what words I may speak would not be enough. And so, in my deep, black moments, I come before my God and let my darkest emotions erupt in sounds that only He can understand. The Holy Spirit within me cries out in my stead, and He becomes my second intercessor. It is not that He is not there with me in all my prayers, but there are times wh
Read more

Isaiah 43:19

Image
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert ~ Isaiah 43:19 When we meet a challenge, we are often found discouraged, lost, even hopeless. Nothing is working, everything seems to be against us. We do not know how to move forward, so we remain curled up in a ball. Then, a glimmer of light shines through! Hope is regained and movement is stirred within. Don’t we become excited when we begin to feel it? God moves like that. We cannot see our way around it, but He can and does. And He makes a way for us out of the calamity of our fears. It is the feeling of springtime after a long winter, or the smell of fresh cut grass. Life stirs within and we move and we see what God saw all the time – the answer to our dilemma. Our desert place becomes an oasis, and we can do what we are called to do. Something totally unexpected happens, something unheard of, but it begins in our life, and we feel the
Read more