Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room
October 30, 2022
Read Matthew 6:25-34
25 “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are? 27 Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all of his splendor wasn’t dressed like one of these. 30 If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it’s alive today and tomorrow it’s thrown into the furnace, won’t God do much more for you, you people of weak faith? 31 Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ 32 Gentiles long for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 Instead, desire first and foremost God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore, stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Good Morning, Rejoice! Again I say rejoice!
There shall be showers of blessings. During our young married life, Lowell and I lived paycheck to paycheck. We were just able to make ends meet. But if unexpected expenses came, and they always came, we were scrambling to pay bills and had to decide what we could do without. More than once, when times seemed impossible, we would receive some unexpected blessing. We thanked God for providing someone to help us.
An account of these blessings would fill pages, but I still marvel at God’s amazing grace and ability to place someone in our paths at just the right time. One thing that Lowell and I did as we finally reached a place of financial normalcy is that we would be there when others needed a helping hand. We always had jumper cables ready to help and a small amount of cash available to fill someone’s gas tank or buy them food.
As we provide for others out of our own abundance, God provides for us. Let tomorrow worry about itself! Look for ways to share God’s love today! Give your worries to God.
Gracious God, Thank You for loving us. We are so blessed that we have much to share. Let us be gracious givers. Thank You. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen
Thought for the day: Even when I feel hopeless, I will trust in God’s care for me.
Keep the showers flowing! Pastor Liz
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