Wisdom Strawberry #11: Life, birds and money
Don’t worry about things – food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body – and they are far more important than what to eat and wear. Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat – they don’t need to sow or reap or store up food – for your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to Him than they are.
Life. Birds. Money.
Life
You read (this). Therefore you are. Alive that is. So live!
You have life. You have a body. Breathing, thinking, living.
What on Earth do you have to worry about?
Birds
I did look at the birds. They really are beautiful. They all seem happy – not a care about tomorrow!
God really does provide for their every need.
But I also noticed another thing.
I did not see one single bird who sat on a twig staring into the sky with his beak open wide waiting for worms to rain down.
All of them were busily looking for the worms God provided for them, and when they spotted one, they had to go and catch it!
They also had to watch out for cats who wanted to eat them!
God will provide for your needs. He will provide you with plenty of worms – the opportunities to meet your needs.
So stay eager! Be on the lookout! And when God provides you with a worm, make sure you catch it.
Money
Trust in your money and down you go! Trust in God and flourish like a tree!
These words were spoken by one of the wealthiest men who ever lived.
Does that tell you something?
We can store up riches, but to trust in money is like trusting in clouds. There the one day, gone the next.
Put your trust and faith in God.
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February 18th, 2009 at 08:41 pm
Brilliant entry!
One doesn’t need all the earthly things that most people can’t live without, cut your expensive life style and you’ll have more than enough to live from.