Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters;
for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.
For this reason I say to you,
do not be worried about your life,
as to what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air,
that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not worth much more than they?
And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
And why are you worried about clothing?
Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace,
will He not much more clothe you?
You of little faith!
Do not worry then, saying,
‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things;
for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
The teachings of Christ Jesus are so simple to understand,
But we make them so difficult.
Jesus teaches us that Father God knows our needs and He will provide for us what we need.
Our responsibility is to seek His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be provided for us.
It seems that we spend most of our time looking at things we do not only not have,
but we look upon them as things we need.
Needs?
As followers of Christ Jesus our needs should be rather simple,
1. To love the Lord our God with all our heat with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind
2. To love our neighbor as we love our self.
3. To spend our time and effort seeking His kingdom and His righteousness.
4. We are to store up our treasures in heaven, not here on earth.
Wealth, stuff and things, will not get you in to heaven.
Striving after the things of the world will only draw us away from the things of God,
And we end up serving them rather than GOD,
they will steel time from what is truly important.
We as mankind will try and justify striving after more,
more money, more stuff and more things,
but no matter how much we may deceive ourselves,
the words of Jesus cannot be ignored nor eliminated.
Want to live a life without anxiety?
Then obey the words of GOD
Matthew 6:19-21
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy,
and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys,
and where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters;
for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.”
(( nor the things wealth can provied ))
Matthew 7:21-24 and Jesus said;
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name,
and in Your name cast out demons,
and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you;
DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ The Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them,
may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Therefore, Will you continue living life set forth by men or will you chouse to listen to and obey the words spoken by Christ Jesus.
Will Jesus be your Goal?
Will the kingdom of God be where your treasures are stored?
Will you allow Father God to provide your needs,
Or do you want more so you have to gather worldly goods
(wealth) to feel satisfied?
Who will you serve?