O Ye of Little Faith

28. July 2008 by Bernice Davis.

Hello: 

Welcome back from the weekend: 

Our text for today is:  Matthew 6:25 “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 important than food, and the body more important 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 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28 ”And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 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?  (NIV)  

I absolutely love this text:  It shows God’s concerns for our needs and it shows how we often worry for nothing.    Jesus opens up with therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life.  Ohhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!   I just got goose bumps.  How powerful.  Calm down, relax, all is well, everything is safe.   Do not worry about your life.     He uses this powerful analogy about the birds of the air and how they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet God feeds them.  God takes the time to take care of all of his creations.  The birds are not homeless nor do they starve, God has made a way for them to meet their needs so Jesus says “Aren’t we much more valuable than the birds.”    

Oh!!!!!!!!!   Things that just make you go ummmmmm…..    

Look at this next line, it is absolutely powerful.   Jesus poses a question to us.  He says when did worrying do anything for us? It cannot even add a single hour to our life.  Worrying about it can not make it come to pass.  Worrying has no positive benefits toward our situation at all; it only makes things worse because worrying leads to stress factors that can show up both physically and emotionally.    Worrying can not change anything but faith in God can.   Faith……….  Yes!!!!!!!!!   

Then Jesus gives us another example.  If you can’t picture this, go to the internet and google a lily field.   See our beautiful it is and how it grows and how stunning it can be.  Jesus said that not even Solomon in all of his glory (And the bible talks about the glory that Solomon held) could not even be compared to the beauty and awesomeness of this field.   Look at this though. Jesus says if that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, how much more will he clothe us?   Look at the job God does with things that one day are here and the next day are thrown into the fire or die, why do we worry that he will not meet our needs and in a phenomenal way.    

Writing this has just humbled my attitude about a whole lot of things.  I just took a deep breath and just released it.  Do the same.  Don’t worry  trust God.   

Jesus ends with the phrase;  “O Ye of Little Faith.”     Jesus closes with do you really have that little of faith in God that you have to worry.  Worry simply means that you don’t believe God is going to take care of it.     

Join me tomorrow as we discuss the conclusion of this matter.  It’s so powerful 

God Bless. 

Don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily.

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