- Rent money
- A job
- New clothes
- Direction
- Words to say
- A boyfriend/girlfriend
- Good grades
In Matthew 14, Jesus is upset over the death of John the Baptist and He goes off to a 'desolate place' but a huge crowd follows Him and He heals their sick, but when it starts getting dark and they are a long way from food the disciples advise Him to send them away, but Jesus decides that they should all eat there. So He tells the disciples to feed them, but they say 'hey look, Jesus, we only have a little bit of food' of course Jesus provides a miracle and the little bit of food they had feeds all 5,000 men and the women and children with leftovers.
One chapter later when Jesus has been teaching a group of 4,000 men plus women and children that have been following Him for 3 days He tells the disciples to give them something to eat. After what just happened you would think the disciples were like, 'sure Jesus!' And just trust that it would work with His blessing, but they question how they can feed them all...the same way that they did last time!
I was reading through and saw this and I have been chewing on it for a little while and I think that we do the same thing a whole lot more than we realize. How many times do we worry about how a certain situation will work out, or how we will manage to afford this or that, or how we will ever pull a decent grade in a class? Now I'm not saying that we should not work at these things because scripture clearly tells us that our work brings glory to God, but I am saying that we have been commanded not to worry about how God will provide in these situations, but to seek His kingdom and trust that He will work out these situations to His glory.
So, yes, we need to work hard at everything that we do, Colossians 3:23 tells us that we should seek to bring God glory through what we work at, but we should not waste time or energy worrying about how things will turn out. In Red Moon Rising Pete Greig says that we should "pray like it all depends on God and live like it all depends on us". This means being obedient when we hear God's instruction and acting without fear while trusting that God will provide for His glory in every situation.
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Tonight's message was awesome...deff something I needed to hear. I've been worrying a lot about finding a job with the economy being so bad. I'm not only up against students, but also adults who were once at the top of corporations. It's really scary, but I have to remember that God will provide, whether it means job or no job.
ReplyDeleteSo true and so encouraging! I wonder what the world would be like if we spent less time worrying and more time doing what He wants us to do. Wish I could have heard it at CCF, but I'm glad you posted it on here!
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