Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Matthew 6:33 " But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
This verse has been constantly on my mind for the past week. To really understand the verse, you need to read the entire passage entitled "Do not worry"
Matthew 6:25-34
"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 important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Look at the birds in 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?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
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, O you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'
For the pagans run after all these things and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given unto you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
The passage began to make more sense for me as I completed the book my friend had lent me a week ago. It was about a man who lived by faith and believed with all his soul that God would truly honour His promise. He hungered for God and God has never let him down. To illustrate, God told this man to leave his country- Sri Lanka and travel around the world. At that point of time, he was penniless, he had a family and he lived from day to day. Yet, he obeyed God and left for America. God never let him down. When he needed money, God would send someone to help him.
I think something stirred deep inside of me when I read about his journey of faith. It is as if God's constantly reminding me that we have to walk in His way and He will meet my needs. It's kinda befitting, thinking I'm worried about my direction in life and I'm struggling to make ends meet sometimes- I'm jobless and I'm living on my last salary. I truly believe it's a word for this season of my life and I'm going to spend my time seeking Him.
Yes and He has always honored His promises. When I took a leap of faith this year and went for the Shanghai trip during June, God blessed me with a job, with generous donors that I didn't need to ask a single cent from my parents. Moreover, I never had to worry for a job since God seemed to always provide me with one when I needed it. He's truly my provider.
I pray that one day, anyone reading this post would come to know about this God that I'm serving and truly experiencing the Joy and the Freedom that He gives.
Amen!
i know that i have loved you ... at 11/11/2009 01:09:00 am
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