He Cares

1/26/2020

Matthew 6:30

"If God so clothe the grass of the field...shall He not much more clothe you?"

How much do I let the cares of the world confuse and cloud my mind and soul? There always seem to be personal concerns and even bigger societal ones. We live in a difficult age to manage without stress or fear. All I ever seem to see on the news is violence, slander, and hatred with very little positive ever coming through. We are attached to our devices where everything that happens, either personal or in the world, is available continuously. In this kind of environment, how can we possibly find peace or joy? We look to what others have and feel discontented with our own lives. Social media gives us a warped sense of the world as well. We worry about our families, finances, homes, and jobs. We often do not feel there are enough hours in the day to do all that is expected of us, let alone try to fit in quiet time with God. Most people I know are weary. This world of ours pushes in tight and leaves us frustrated and exhausted. We oftentimes pray prayers of desperate pleading (“Help me Lord, Please!”) instead of gratitude (”Thank you Lord!”). I know I have. Is our worry taking up the space of our faith?

In Matthew 6: 25-30 Jesus teaches, ²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life. ²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ 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—you of little faith?

It is a simple lesson of trusting God with your life, for He cares about you over all of creation. AMAZING! Faith is as magnificent in its simplicity as it is in its profoundness. I have witnessed such amazing faith in people who are going through such unimaginable trials; it is a beautiful and inspiring thing to see. God can give you the peace that passes all understanding if you seek and trust in Him for everything.

Chambers says, “A simple statement of Jesus is always a puzzle to us if we are not simple. How are we going to be simple with the simplicity of Jesus? By receiving His Holy Spirit, recognizing and relying on Him, obeying Him as He brings the word of God, and life will become amazingly simple.”

I know that He Cares - John Butler

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