Okay, I don't know how well my going-through-James plan is going to work out only because I feel like I will repeat things I've already said. There are SO many other good verses that I feel like I need to share with you guys!!! Don't get me wrong, the whole Bible's great, but there are some verses that I think provide extreme encouragement and I want to share some with you!!!
The verse I'm going to share with you today is one such verse and I personally love this. The verse is Matthew 6:25-34. It says:
"25 I tell you not to worry about your life. Don’t worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn’t life more than food or clothing? 26 Look at the birds in the sky! They don’t plant or harvest. They don’t even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren’t you worth more than birds?
27 Can worry make you live longer? 28 Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don’t work hard to make their clothes. 29 But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn’t as well clothed as one of them. 30 God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?
31 Don’t worry and ask yourselves, “Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?” 32 Only people who don’t know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these. 33 But more than anything else, put God’s work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
34 Don’t worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today." (CEV)
Isn't that so great?? I love these verses because they show how God will provide for you. We can worry as much as we want, but, ultimately, God is in control and has a plan. It's our job to trust Him!! We have to trust that God will provide what we need and, when we trust Him, the Bible says "the other things will be yours as well"!! Let God be in control of your worries- just live your life for Him!! I love the comparisons with the birds and flowers. "Aren't you worth more than birds?"- that's just so great!! :) We are worth more than birds. We were made in God's image for crying out loud!! God WILL provide for us!!
And They All Lived Happily Ever After...
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