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Luke 12;22-34 And He said unto His disciples, "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take you thought for the rest. Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the Kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in heaven that faileth not, where no thief appoacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. "
Jesus, are you talking to me? Are you a disciple? (follower of Christ) Therefore Jesus says unto me, take no thought for my life. Thought defined is; consideration, attention, care or regard. Nor for what ye shall, eat, drink or put on. He goes on to give examples of things that He takes total care and then asks if we are not more important than they? He tells us not to be of a doubtful mind when it comes to the things we need. For He know what things we are in need of, before we ask Him. He also goes on to say, that these are the things that the nations of the world seek after, but it should not be so for us. For we are to seek His kingdom first, then all these things will be added unto us. God says it is His good pleasure to give you the kingdom and to have no fear. Now, it’s to the tough part. Sell that ye have and give to the poor, provide yourselves bags which wax not old. For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. I know this is tough to swallow, but that is what He said. It would not be so hard, if we would just believe what he said before this. You know, that take no thought for your life. If we did not give attention, consideration, care or regard for our lives, then this would be simple. I am reminded of the scripture below in reference to this:
John 6;27-29 Jesus said: "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the son of man shall give unto you; for Him hath God the Father sealed." Then they said unto Him, "What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?" Jesus answered and said unto them, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent."
The work of God is what? Our job is to believe what Jesus said and not labor for the meat which perishes. We are to labor for that meat which endureth into everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give us. There is that word again, GIVE US!
Here again, the truth has been given to us and our job is to believe it! The truth that sets His disciples FREE!
Take comfort in knowing, that Jesus and countless others, from Genesis to Revelation, have done just this. For this is the will of the Father or Jesus would not have done it.
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