SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/5/2021 10:49 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2
“Worry about Food”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 6:26
Message of the verse: “26 “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?”
We
have been talking about what Jesus had to say about how the birds were feed,
and said that it was God who cares for them and I believe that He but instinct
into all creatures to act like they are suppose to act, which in the case of
the birds they instantly do what they are to do in order to eat. However Jesus does not suggest that birds do
nothing to feed themselves. I suppose
that all of us have observed birds and are impressed with their diligence and
also persistence in foraging for food.
I, like many people have squirrels in my back yards and they like birds
spend much of their time in the hunting for food and eating food, and in the
case of the squirrel putting food away so they can have it in the winter
time. I have to say that I have seen fat
squirrels in my time, especially in the fall, but haven’t seen fat birds unless
they were in cages as birds never worry much about stockpiling their food. Perhaps this is what Jesus uses birds as an
example and not squirrels. MacArthur
adds that “certain species store seeds or nuts for winter, but they do so out
of instinctive sense, not out of fear or worry.
Much less do they stockpile simply for the sake of gloating over their
hoard. In their own limited way they
illustrate what we should know: that the ‘heavenly Father feeds them.’”
We
know that man is the only being that was created in the image of God, for
certainly birds were not, as no bird was ever promised heirship with Jesus
Christ throughout all eternity, but humans were, the ones that realize that
they were born a sinner, and sin because of that and also know that there is
nothing they can do on their own to get to heaven, so therefore all humans must
admit (confess) they are sinners and ask the Lord to forgive them of their sins
and then invite Jesus Christ into their lives to save them.
In
MacArthur sermon he talks about some who think the world’s supply of food is
going to run out. Let me say that there
are always at least 1007 years left before the Lord will destroy the
world. The 1000 is the length of the Millennial
kingdom, and the seven is the length of the Tribulation period, and they we
have to add the reminder of the church age which we don’t know how long that is,
but believe it is getting closer. My
point is that there will be enough food to sustain the population of the earth
as long as people don’t act foolishly and allow cows to eat it all as they do
in India.
We
have farmers in our country who can plant and supply far more than we consume
in our country and as believers we should thank the Lord for the abundance of
food that we have in our country, and as Jesus says here we are not to worry
over the lack of food.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As Jesus states here I am to trust the Lord
for the food I eat each day, and not worry about it because of His great love that
He has for me.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I trust that the Holy Spirit will use what He
has given me to say to three of my friends as I meet with them today to talk
about something very important to me, and hopefully to them.
1/5/2021 11:18 AM
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