Have you ever played that game where one person has to close her eyes, fold her arms over her chest, and fall backward into the arms of friends or co-workers? It's called the "Trust Fall." If you're the person falling backward, you have to trust that the folks behind you are going to catch you so you don't hit the ground.
I thought of that game when reading this passage from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6):
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also....
So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
I suspect the reason we tend to worry is that we're just not sure God is going to be there to catch us. We know God is big and strong, but somehow we're just not convinced that He knows our particular address. We think if something happens to us, God may be otherwise occupied with important cosmic events and not notice us.
But Jesus is saying here, "Think of who you're talking about: your heavenly Father. He's not just powerful, He has a father's heart — in the very best sense of the term. He not only has the power (beyond measure) but the love, the care, and the concern to take care of what you need."
Do we believe that?
Jesus also says that when we don't trust God, we act like the pagans — nonbelievers. To them, the idea that God might act on their behalf simply isn't part of the equation. But to us who follow Christ, Jesus says, "Your heavenly Father knows what you need. Trust Him."
Our task is to "seek first" (to focus, to live for) God's "kingdom and his righteousness." We're to make the Kingdom our top priority. We do that by investing ourselves in the Kingdom. We decide, by faith, that the Kingdom is where we're going to invest our time, our talent, our treasure.
It all belongs to God anyway.
Guess what? God already knows whether or not you and I trust Him. But how do we know it? It's easy for us to fool ourselves. We can say we trust God, but too often, we're don't trust Him enough to fold our arms, close our eyes, and fall backward, trusting that He's going to catch us.
"But God, I need all of this money. If I give some away, I won't have enough!"
Jesus says, "O ye of little faith. You have a heavenly Father who knows what you need. Trust Him."
Investing in the Kingdom doesn't tell God where our hearts are. It tells us where our hearts are. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
"In God we trust." We do — don't we?
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I'm so convicted right now, Lord I'm sorry for acting as the pagans do. Lord your right I can not fool you but I've been fooling myself. Forgive me and make me over again. My God wow. This has given me the biggest reality check ever!
James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Psalm 35:27: “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.” Deuteronomy 8:18: “Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that giveth thee the power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.” 2 Chronicles 16:9: “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” Proverbs 10:22: “The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it.
Amen! Trusting God for me was a challenged at some point in my life. BUT GOD!! I learn to trust and lean not to what the enemy put on my mind in the time of need! It's so easy to get caught up in what we don't see when we're in need! But when I call on the name of Jesus! I began to see what God sees for me! #He'sGotMeAndCoveringEveryNeed!
Great message; I truly believe God is taking me to the place of "Totally Depending" on Him..It has taken me sometime of even getting to where I am, but I do know this, won't look back, won't be hindered, won't be stop..Expericing a great height, a greater love, and a great Dimension, receiving all that God has for me..Look out; Don't Believe me..Just Watch Me!!! My God..Just Watch Me...Amen
In God We Trust that was great where your treasure is there your heart will be also Amen. I trust God to fall back and know that HE is there to catch me.
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James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Psalm 35:27: “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.” Deuteronomy 8:18: “Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that giveth thee the power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.” 2 Chronicles 16:9: “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.”
Proverbs 10:22: “The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it.
And trust him for everything
My One word this year is To Stay strong
Sarah McCurtis said:
Amen! Trusting God for me was a challenged at some point in my life. BUT GOD!! I learn to trust and lean not to what the enemy put on my mind in the time of need! It's so easy to get caught up in what we don't see when we're in need! But when I call on the name of Jesus! I began to see what God sees for me! #He'sGotMeAndCoveringEveryNeed!
Great message; I truly believe God is taking me to the place of "Totally Depending" on Him..It has taken me sometime of even getting to where I am, but I do know this, won't look back, won't be hindered, won't be stop..Expericing a great height, a greater love, and a great Dimension, receiving all that God has for me..Look out; Don't Believe me..Just Watch Me!!! My God..Just Watch Me...Amen
Trust God.
Some trust in chariots others in horses, but we will trust in the Lord.
In God We Trust that was great where your treasure is there your heart will be also Amen. I trust God to fall back and know that HE is there to catch me.
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