THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - PART 469

I read somewhere that education works best when the learning is made the central part of education. How ironic that when we read the scriptures, written so long ago, that we can recognize how privileged we are that Jesus made us -- you and I -- the central focus of His teachings. In other words, He reached out to us so that we might find salvation and live life abundantly. When we accept Jesus into our life, we become a new creation.

Going forward, God continues to do a work within us. On our part, we simply believe and receive His words. His message. That is, in Jesus we have redemption. We become heirs unto the promise. To this end, Jesus taught us how to live.

Therefore, I say unto you, take no thought for your life. What you shall eat or what you shall drink nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat and the body more than the raiment? Behold the fowls of the air for thy sow not. Neither do they reap nor gather into barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow. They toil not and neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore if God so clothes the grass of the fields which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven shall he not much more clothe you?

Let me say this again. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you? The only prerequisite to living a life of faith is seeking first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness (Matthew 6). 

Moreover, Jesus declared and clarified His invitation to us in Matthew 11:28-30:

"Come unto Me all you that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you shall find rest for your souls ... for My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

Stand in the Offering Plate.