Yesterday, the four services at Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene carried the theme of God as our Provider. It is He who offers us life, food, shelter, clothing, spiritual gifts, Divine guidance, dominion, and the list goes on.
In the first two services, Pastor Sam's sermon was titled Putting First Things First. The title lends itself to reflection: Are we indeed prioritizing the things God has asked us to prioritize? Do we even know what God wants us to do? Are we careful to avoid what God has asked us to avoid?
Today, let's re-visit part of the Scripture that was referenced during those services. Jesus, while teaching His disciples and the crowds that gathered to hear Him, spent some time instructing them to avoid falling into the sin of worry. I pray that as we read His words, we will be encouraged to renounce worries over self and instead embrace trust in God.
God is my Provider. I will not worry.
Matthew 6:26-33 (New International Version)
"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? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 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-- you of little faith?
"So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
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