Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if GOD so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Mat 6:25-30)
GOD knows what we need, and He is our provider. He will give us everything to meet our needs, not our wants, for that might not be good for us. He provides food and drink for our body, and clothes that we might be covered. And, yet in all that tells us that we ought not to fret over such things, for we are greater than the flowers of the field that He clothes in such dazzling displays of beauty. The one who cares for all of nature, cares so much more for His own.
GOD will meet our needs. Yet, sometimes He allows us to be in want for a season, to humble us and to remind us that He is our provider, and our sustainer, and it is He that cares for us. We are to trust Him, just as we have for Salvation, we must die daily, and allow Him to live in us, and through us, for His will and work to be accomplished. We are His workmanship, if we are in Him by grace through faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary. GOD has ordained that we should walk in the Spirit, and live His life, becoming more like Him until He takes us Home to be with Him.
Until that day, as GOD provides for our needs, and blesses us with what He wants us to use for His Kingdom, we are to minister to others. We are to be His ambassadors to this lost and dying world, that they might know Christ through us. We are to be ministers of reconciliation to the hurting and those in need, that they might see Jesus. We are to disciple one another in love, so that all may know we are His disciples. We are to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to all who will hear. As we go, we are to live the Gospel we preach, so that those who hear might believe, and in believing have life in His Name.
For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to trust Him and what He has already done for you to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD with forgiveness and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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