No worry!

This is why I tell you: Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing?.....But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you. Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:25-34

My worry load comes from the decisions based around money, am I being wise with what I am given? It all had to do with decision making.

Worrying about making right decisions is based on a level of righteousness I suppose, yet Jesus says I am to be concerned with seeking His kingdom and His righteousness. Different priority!

By prayer and supplication I am to make my requests known to the Lord. The funny things I don't often recognise the concerns until the middle of the night and these concerns wake me. It is then I have to upload them to the Lord for He cares for me and only He is able to solve them.

After I have taken out my bible and focused on what He is saying, written it all down then I can go back to sleep and allow Him to work. Sometimes to help go back to sleep I go to my favourite memory, camping with my grandfather.

It is funny to actually analyse the memory. I arrive on the school bus with my load, I unload, take off my cares and change into the clothes of a little child, I have afternoon tea and then run and play. I ask my grandfather if we can go fishing, he always says 'yes'. I have comes to see the one I relate to as the Father, I am actually spending time with Him, I know I am secure and His peace is in charge. We spend time together. I am accepted, loved and free.

My heavenly Father has all things in His control. He is the master. A little child relies on the adult to be that person and to take control off all that comes. I am grateful for good grandfathers they help me see my God in the right perspective.

Now one of my grandfathers swore, I don't remember that. My mother informed me of how I came home from a grandparent visit using the 'F' word. Now I have not been partial to that word in my life so it surprised me. The little child did not evaluate language, it only evaluated safety and feeling loved.

My God is greater than any father or grandfather and He teaches me good habits. More importantly He loves me with a love that is far greater than any I have known. In Him I am safe, in Him I live and move and have my being. Amen!

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