Matthew 6: 22-34
22 The light of the body is the eye: if then your eye be single, your whole body will be light.
23 But if your eye be wicked, then all your body will be dark. Wherefore if the light that is in you, be darkness, how great is that darkness?
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will lean to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches.
25 Therefore I say to you, be not careful for your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink: nor yet for your body, what you will put on. Is not the life more worth than meat? And the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the heaven: for they sow not, neither reap, nor carry into the barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking care is able to add one cubit to his stature?
28 And why do you care so much about raiment? Learn how the Lilies of the field do grow: they are not wearied, neither spin:
29 Yet I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 So if God so clothe the grass of the field which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not do much more for you, O yoy of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What will we eat? or what will we drink? or with what will we be clothed with?
32 (For after all these things the Gentiles seek after) For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be ministered to you.
34 Care not then for tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself: today has enough with his own grief.
i have always found this interesting when it comes to the church and the thoughts on stuff and things, we always seem to look to tomorrow and providing for our fetcher, which cases us to look at how much money we can accumulate so that we can live comfortable now and when we retire.
First off i don’t see anywhere in the bible that Christ said we were to retire. He did say that we are to have our eyes on one thing Him, but we get so worried about taking care of and providing our food clothing and shelter that we have very little time for Him and His plan for our lives.
What we have been told to do is be single minded, our minds are to be set on Him not money and the things of this world, and if we live a life butting Christ first in all we are and do staying steadfast in Him, He will provide all our needs. Our needs not our wants, not a lot of crap that is going to burn but the things we need to live and spread His love to others.
i have heard “I work heard all day that gives me the money to help other” and the only help they give other is to go to the store and purchase the newest gadget out there, as others are in need of God’s love. They have no time for them because after purchasing the latest toy they have to have time to play with it.
Do you spend more time looking at your smart phone or at people?
Christ is very clear you will either live your life serving Him or you will live your life to serve money you can’t do both.
And if you live your life in Him, He will provide your needs food, clothing and shelter.
Tomorrow; Who are you accountable to and for