OUR DAILY BREAD : JUST ENOUGH

[cimi]

February 4
Monday


JUST ENOUGH

READ:
Matthew 6:25-34
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Seek first the kingdom
of God and His
righteousness, and
all these things shall
be added to you.
__Matthew 6:33
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I love writing for Our Daily Bread. I confess, however, that sometimes I whine to my friends about how difficult it is to communicate everything I would like to say in a short devotional. If only I could use more than 220 words.

This year when I came to the book of Matthew in my Bible-reading schedule, I noticed something for the first time. As I was reading about the temptation of Christ (Matt. 4:1-11), I noticed how short it was. Matthew used fewer than 250 words to write his account of one of the most pivotal events in all of Scripture. Then I thought of other short yet powerful passages: the 23rd Psalm (117 words) and the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 (66 words).

Clearly, I don't need more words, I just need to use them well. This also applies to other areas of life__time, money, space. Scripture affirms that God meets the needs of those who seek His kingdom and His righteousness (Matt. 6:33). The psalmist David encourages us, "Those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing" (Ps. 34:10).

If today you're thinking, "I need just a little bit more" of something, consider instead the possibility that God has given you "just enough." __Julie Ackerman Link
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``````````I would be quiet, Lord, and rest content,`````````````
``````````````By grace I would not pine or fret;```````````````
`````````With You to guide and care, my joy be this:````````````
``````Not one small need of mine will You forget! __Bosch```````
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He is rich who is satisfied with what he has.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 6:25-34***************

25 Therefore I say to you,
do not worry about your
life, what you will eat or
what you will drink; nor
about your body, what you
will put on. Is not life more
than food and the body
more than clothing? 26 Look
at the birds of the air, for
they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns; yet
your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not of more
value than they? 27 Which
of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his stature?

28 So why do you worry
about clothing? Consider
the lilies of the field, how
they grow: they neither toil
nor spin; 29 and yet I say to
you that even Solomon in
all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes
the grass of the field, which
today is, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, 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 after all these
things the Gentiles seek.
For your heavenly Father
knows that you need all
these things. 33 But seek
first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be
added to you. 34 Therefore
do not worry about
tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about its own
things, Sufficient for the
day is its own trouble.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The theme of today's reading is a problem Jesus repeatedly calls His
followers to set aside (vv.25,28,31,34)__worry. He challenges us to
put our confidence in the Father and HIs ability to meet our needs,
knowing that He loves us more than anything else in creation (v.30).