Matthew 6:25-34

Matthew 6:25-34
But if I do not “lay up” for myself treasure on earth, how will I eat? After warning His disciples of spending their energy building treasure on this earth, Jesus now helps with the natural tendency to be anxious about whether we will have enough to live. Jesus offers a number of arguments against anxiousness:
1. Life is about more than just physical necessities. This does not mean that a person ought to foolishly disregard the responsibility of laboring in order to provide for himself and his family. Jesus is simply admonishing us that these needs are not worth worry.
2. God takes care of birds who do not “store up” anything. Since humans are of greater value than birds, there is no reason to worry.
3. Worry cannot change anything in our lives for the better. Worry is wasted energy.
4. God clothes plants and flowers with greater beauty than even Solomon. If He clothes such temporary things, He will also clothe us.
5. The Gentiles (those without a spiritual Father in heaven) worry about all these things. Why would a child of God, a person who has as his Father the Creator of the universe, worry about physical needs? That makes no sense. A good father would never allow his children to go without their necessities.
6. Seek the kingdom of God first and seek righteous living first, and the Lord will give us the things we need. Do we think that He would break that promise? The problem with those who worry about the physical is that they will readily put their career or work first when there is a choice between spiritual obligations and physical needs or wants. They do not trust the Lord’s promise.
7. What good does it do to worry about tomorrow? We cannot do anything tomorrow. We can only do what we can do today and let tomorrow take care of itself. Most of what man worries about has to do with things that have not yet happened and possibly will never happen.
When the truth is known, it is not so much that we worry about needs as it is that we are concerned we will not get what we want. We are then serving wealth, not God.
Berry Kercheville