‘Consider the Lilies’
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Oil on Canvas Panel 5″x7″
In Matthew 6 Jesus addresses worry and anxiety. This is a scripture that I constantly find myself having to re-visit. He points out how the needs of all living things in nature are taken care of. Jesus goes on to make a point that if God cares so much about all the plants and animals that they should have provision apart from worry or anxiety, then how much more can we as His children depend on Him to meet our needs? For His love for us is much greater! It may not always be how or when we expect, but one thing is for sure, He is faithful. If you are struggling today to see how you are going to get by or get through, may it bring you hope and peace to know that you are loved by God the Father, the creator of the universe!
“”Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
Matthew 6:25-34