While Linda and I sat drinking coffee this morning, our dogs came up to us looking for a treat. While this is nothing new- still it made me think of something. Since they came to our home, both Linda and I laugh more; our home is a better place to live. And today I am filled with happiness; God has blessed me in so many ways, not just the physical ones, either. You can't put a price tag on feeling positive towards the day before you, being in good health, smiling or laughing. Life is more than the physical. And then there is the appreciation of what God has done and will do...
Matthew 6:25-34 NASB
(25) "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
(26) "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
(27) "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
(28) "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
(29) yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
(30) "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
(31) "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
(32) "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
(33) "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
(34) "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
(25) "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
(26) "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
(27) "And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
(28) "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
(29) yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
(30) "But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
(31) "Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
(32) "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
(33) "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
(34) "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I thank God that for that little episode at the table this morning, and for the message of the graphic above. More than these things, verse 33 has become even more meaningful for me along with the following verse from Ephesians...
Ephesians 1:3 NASB
(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
I intend to spend some extra time in prayer today; thanking God for what HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE. I encourage you to do the same. Enough said!!!