The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 25:28 (MSG)
A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 116:16-17 (HCSB)
16 Lord, I am indeed Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your female servant. You have loosened my bonds. 17 I will offer You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of Yahweh.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Matthew 6:25-30 (HCSB)
25 "This is why I tell you: Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the sky: They don't sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don't labor or spin thread. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these! 30 If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won't He do much more for you—you of little faith?
My observation:
In our focal passage for today Jesus teaches his disciples a very important truth that flows from his prior teaching about God and possessions. The choice word is worry. The choice verse for me in this passage is this one.
Matthew 6:26 (HCSB)
Look at the birds of the sky: They don't sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they?
Yes, I know how much I am loved and cared for by my heavenly Father. For me to worry is to lack faith in him. Worry is my enemy, but God in my friend. As for me, I will trust in the Lord; in his promises and in his provisions.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so grateful that there is a God in heaven who is able to keep every promise in the Word of God. Father God, I thank you for every promise in the book, and for every provision that you give freely to your believing children. Father, I choose the master over money. Father, I believe that you will do much more for me if I seek you first and trust in you.
Matthew 6:24 (HCSB)
"No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
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