"I tell you not to worry about everyday life ― whether you have enough. Look at the birds. They don't plan or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?" (Matt. 6:325-27 NLT)
God not only provides food for the birds, he has given them instincts that people still have not figured out. How do they know where they are going when they start their migration? This has always amazed me. They seem to know where water is also. There is an open field close to our house that is usually dry as a bone but when it does rain (which isn't very often) water collects there and forms a pond. This happened a few days ago and now when we drive by there we see a lot of ducks on that water. I wonder if they were on their way to somewhere and stopped there for a drink and to rest a bit. The water is only there for a few days, then dries up and no ducks are around.
"Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the kingdom of heaven above all else and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need." (Matt. 6:32-33) NLT Did He promise to give everybody everything they need? Did you notice the sentence before the promise to give you everything you need? Seek the kingdom of heaven above all else and live righteously. If we do those two things He has promised to give us everything we need. Too many times we seek everything under the sun except the kingdom of heaven and righteousness and then wonder why God is not providing our needs.
Heavenly Father, please help us to get our priorities straight. Help us to seek first your kingdom and your righteousness and we know you will take care of us. Amen
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God and His righteousness first. We find joy in putting first things first. I love how God cares for me!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scripture..comforting thoughts!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder, Charlotte. I want to keep my priorities in order.
ReplyDeleteI love the analogies used in the Bible. It's great how God reveals His care for us by telling us to look around and see what He does for the other creatures in His care. He is a good provider! Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Charlotte (the other one :o)
Thanks for those encouraging words, Charlotte. Thank God He cares for us. Blessings ~
ReplyDelete"Too many times we seek everything under the sun except the kingdom of heaven and righteousness and then wonder why God is not providing our needs." Pretty sad/silly/dumb, aren't we? One of the things on my Sally List to be intentional about contributing to Kingdom work by the choices I make. Bless you for sharing this, Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteOh, I needed to read these words, Charlotte. I'm a chronic-worrier, from a long-line of "fretters"! Used to tease my momma, "If you don't have anything to worry about, you'd make up something." Now, it seems I've become her - LOL!
ReplyDeleteYour posts always bring perspective and reassurance ... thank you!
About the ducks and the water - I have also often wondered about the ants, how they know so well where the sweet food is even after just a few minutes that it was left unsealed... :)
ReplyDeleteThe Bible says that the wild animals know their time and seasons, etc. and they are never left neglected by the Creator, but us, we forget, and hence, we worry. Thank God for His reminders!
Have a blessed week,
Rina
It's amazing the instinct that animals and birds have...the bears know when to hibernate, the birds to the time to migrate. Only an amazing Creator could do this.
ReplyDeleteBlesings,
Joan
Hello dear Charlotte,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this reminder. I am not the worry wort I used to be and I can thank Him for that. I come from a long line of worry worts but the older I get, the more I realize that He really does have everything in control. He is the Miracle Worker!
Blessings,
Sandi
Great post....great message. thanks Charlotte...Hope you guys had a good weekend
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Charlotte - great, great words!
ReplyDeleteJust last week I saw the most amazing video on YouTube. It was about something called "murmuration" - a huge flock of birds that suddenly band together and fly in unison - it's like patterns being painted in the sky by literally thousands of birds. It's magical and wondrous.
Oh, the Lord's hand is in the most amazing things. And that hand, the one that cares for the swallow, is ever upon me.
Praise His Name!
GOD BLESS!
If we want God to provide for us, as He does for the birds and flowers, then, like the birds and flowers, we have to LET Him do that. Too often, we just plough ahead on our own, taking care of ourselves and that does not give God the opportunity to take care of us -- better than we can take care of ourselves, better than all that ploughing we are doing.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post! I love the photo and verse.
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