There is so much good in this one. I'm talkin' practical advice for life. I like the portion on giving and prayer, and how it says to do it in private without anyone having to see it. Those are things that should be counted between us and God and not between us and other people.
Then, I came to this part.
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[e]?
Fantastic! I would tend to say that I'm not much of a worrier......I don't dwell on the possibilities. But, the truth is, I do. I worry in other ways. I work things through in my head, just so I don't need to worry. But, that's really the same thing. If I'm honest, I'm not completely reliant on God for my life. I should be. I know that everything I have and do are direct blessings from him. But, I still hold on.
Something to work on in the new year.
wow I love this chapter, lots to get.
ReplyDelete6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
I think about this one a lot. I am often tempted to make sure someone knows when I have done well. I am aware of it so I try to avoid it. I find being aware of it really makes me check myself to see if when I am doing something it is really for God's glory or mine. sometimes I hate to tell you then answer.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I'm a worrier, so this one speaks to me. I am much better than I use to be but that is a low bar!
looking back at what you wrote, we hit on the same concepts using different versus. this is just real stuff we all deal with.
knut