God’s Provision

May 22, 2022

Devotions:

“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? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” ‭Matthew‬ ‭6:25-34‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus taught earlier to pray for our daily provision. Here He says that we are not to worry about our daily provision because our life consist not in the natural realm. We have asked for the daily provision and we believe that God has heard and answered. We are not to worry about clothing but look to the Lord to more than adequately provide. The birds do not worry about where their next meal is coming form and we are worth more than they are in our Father’s eyes. And the flowers of the field. They are more gorgeous than Solomon could dress himself and yet the flowers are here today and tomorrow burned up. Do you not think that God cares about you more than He cares about the flowers of the field. Worry accomplishes nothing.

Our focus then should be on advancing the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Then God will take care of our natural needs. God’s grace is sufficient for today as long as it is today.