Our Heavenly Father knows

Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.


We are much better than birds there is no question there. Better in the respect that we are made in the image of God. We are given an intellect far beyond that of a bird. Can a bird sin? No. Birds have no awareness of sin- no awareness of right from wrong. There is no higher thinking in a bird. Birds are taken care of by God. Birds depend upon God to take care of them. If God takes care of a creature that was not made in his image how much more will He take care of one who has been created in His image? Seriously. We go to great lengths to *take care of ourselves*. We take credit to ourselves for *taking care of ourselves*. In truth, we HAVE to give God the glory for making it possible for us to do the things it takes to claim that we take care of ourselves. We HAVE to give God the glory not take it to ourselves. We have to recognize ALL the times God has taken care of us. Even when times are extremely hard and we're on the verge of … well, death… it does happen. God knows the overall picture and if we give God the glory we know that if our death is part of that overall picture for His will to be done in our lives and the lives around us- then that is for the best. God takes care of us.


We can't *think* ourselves taller- this is a fact that cannot be disputed. You can think about being taller until you die and if you live 1000 years, a 1,000,000 years you still will not be able to add a single smidgen to your height.


Why do we *worry* about clothing? God clothed all His creation and did so in ways much grander than we ever could or can no matter how hard we try and we DO try a lot! Fashion to a lot of people is a huge deal. God clothes His flowers beautiful, flowers that will wither and fade and die away. We have to believe God will take care of us, maybe not by giving us the latest pair of hip jeans on the market, or the star approved footwear, or the latest style of shoes or tennis shoes, but He will take care of us.


We have to have our thoughts on things eternal, trusting God to provide for us our necessities.


Can we get caught up in things like food and clothing? Yes. In fact we can get caught up in just about anything if we don't put our trust in our Savior.


Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.


The gentiles- those not in a true, real relationship with our God are gentiles. Those who have no real relationship with God will get caught up on the material world, they will get caught up in things not eternal.


Our heavenly Father KNOWS. We have to TRUST. We have to BELIEVE. Is it easy? No. Satan will use every trick he has to get us caught up in this world. If one tactic doesn't work he'll use another and if that doesn't work he'll try YET another and another and another, he has nothing but time on his hands and that time is growing short and the shorter it gets the harder he'll use that time to keep after God's people. He won't bother with his people because he has them and that's that. He abuses those who are God's and will slip in using any weakness in us he can spy. Wholly God's, that's what we have to be. We have to trust in God like we trust in no one else.


Needs. He knows our needs. A lot of time we call our wants our needs but God knows the truth even if we don't. When we aren't receiving something we believe we need, maybe, just maybe we NEED to take a step back and ask ourselves if it truly is a need. In the grand scheme of things… the next verse we'll study really sums it up for us.


Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.


More on this tomorrow by the grace of God.


In His love always!!!