"Therefore I say unto you, 'Take no thought for your life,
what shall ye eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your
body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat,
and the body more than raiment?" (vs. 25)
(" For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for
your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things.) (vs. 32)
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous-
ness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (vs. 33)
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the mor-
row shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient
unto the day is the evil thereof." (vs. 34)
When I consider the "Sermon on the Mount," Chapters
5, 6, 7 of Matthew, there is always conviction of heart
about where my emphasis lies. Is my goal to seek God's
kingdom and his righteousness or am I about the busi-
ness of working toward goals that are earth bound and
will not stand in eternity, before the Holy God. I believe
if we refrain from comparing ourselves with others and
simply stay with the Lord God's "commands," we may
reach the place of pleasing the one before whom we will
stand or fall in judgment. The earthly choices we make
and our follow-up on these choices will determine gain
or loss at the Judgment Seat of Christ. The "Sermon on
the Mount" is a large part of the key...God bless as you
and I live it.
You might choose to read the complete text of chapter 6
to get a more complete picture of our Lord's view of this
matter. The part quoted above is the bare bones...
donporter,sr. 10.13.17
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