Week 5: The Nature of the Kingdom
As life evolves and seasons change, our priorities change. From being a kid, to being in school and one day starting a family… our goals and pursuits change significantly. We get locked into a routine and habits to achieve goals and pursue dreams. There is a moment with Jesus in the bible where he invites us to consider our priorities in a whole new order. Let’s see what God says about our ambitions and pursuits.
Read Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV)
25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28 And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
Reflection:
What is your highest priority in life?
How does God say he will provide when we seek His Kingdom above all?
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