I take about 2 minutes to figure out what I am going to wear each day. Even less time to decide if I will eat breakfast or not. Some people say “it shows”! lol. My wife is fashionable (fashionably late… just kidding). I personally care very little about what I eat, drink, and wear in comparison to the greater issues of life. How about you? Did you know the the U.S. fashion/apparel market is valued at approximately $400 billion per year. Apparently people care a lot more than I do! Jesus said, make HIs kingdom a much bigger priority. Then you won’t worry so much about these things.
For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. Matthew 6:25-26, 33 NASB
Am I troubled at all about what I eat, drink and wear? If so, why? How could I accept and appropriate His promise that seeking Him will resolve it all?
God, as this day begins- first I thank you that I chose a really cool shirt today. Few will notice, but I do like it. And all I have has come from Your hand. Food and drink are wonderful, but life in the Your kingdom is about love and being led by the Holy Spirit. That’s what I will seek today… in Your grace and power.
