Everything around me seemed new, I only expected things to get increasingly better in the road ahead. I did not know stuff was going to happen.
The Title says it all - Stuff is going to happen. We are woefully inadequate to control this ongoing consequence of living. Jesus, therefore sheds light on this dilemma of ours by saying simply since you can not do anything about it, why worry .
Matt 6:34 So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.
Each day will have it's proportion of trouble as long as we live in this world.
I love how Jesus puts things in perspective for us in scripture, teaching us how things really work.
Jesus says listen you can not add an additional day to your life through all your worrying and neither can you grow yourself a single inch taller.through worry. He is letting us know worry does not produce results. Two cans of worry provides zero cans of answers.
And what is it exactly that we worry about? The answer; OUR NEEDS!!!!! However let's recognize this is NOT what should motivate our drive for living.
Matt 6:25 (a) Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on.
Our needs brothers and sisters being met is a given in the Kingdom of GOD
Please do not confuse this with the false doctrine of the so called prosperity gospel. I am talking about our need NOT excessive high living .
1 Tim 6:8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content (satisfied).
This next scripture, part (b) of the above verse just blows me away!!!
Matt 6:25 (b) ............. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
God says I have given you life of course you will have food and I have given you a body of course I will give you clothes...
Matt 6:25 (b) ............. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?
God says I have given you life of course you will have food and I have given you a body of course I will give you clothes...
God is saying; what is wrong with you people, I clothe the grass of the field and feed the birds of the air, do you not know, do you not realize, you are far more valuable to me than those things'''.duh people . I died for you!!!
Rom 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Our provision is found in the sufficiency wholly contained by Christ Jesus!!!
Phil 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Sounds like a great deal right, so what do I have to do as a Christian if Jesus has my back? What is my part of the bargain?
Matt 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
That verse above defines our motivation for living.
God's will for your life comes equipped with the Lord's provision for your life.
In contrast those without GOD they are motivated by ensuring their needs are met primarily through their own efforts.
Matt 6:32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things,
" I Owe I Owe It's Off To Work I Go! "
The differences here are HUGE!! but let Jesus break it down for you in simple terms
Matt 6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).
ummmmmmhummmmm Trusting in your 401K? You can not control the stock market , the housing market, hoping the value of the dollar does not plunge... Stuff is GON Happen!
Matt 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matt 7:25 "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Rom 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Our provision is found in the sufficiency wholly contained by Christ Jesus!!!
Phil 4:19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Sounds like a great deal right, so what do I have to do as a Christian if Jesus has my back? What is my part of the bargain?
Matt 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
That verse above defines our motivation for living.
God's will for your life comes equipped with the Lord's provision for your life.
In contrast those without GOD they are motivated by ensuring their needs are met primarily through their own efforts.
Matt 6:32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things,
" I Owe I Owe It's Off To Work I Go! "
The differences here are HUGE!! but let Jesus break it down for you in simple terms
Matt 6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).
ummmmmmhummmmm Trusting in your 401K? You can not control the stock market , the housing market, hoping the value of the dollar does not plunge... Stuff is GON Happen!
Matt 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matt 7:25 "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
Matt 7:26 "Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Matt 7:27 "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
When the layoff notice hits your desk, your property is lost or devalued, when Wall street robs you of your savings where will you be and what will you be trusting in brothers and sisters.
Stuff Gon Happen - Hope you have the right foundation !!! The Storms are going to keep coming, so do things GOD's way.
