Title: Seek His Kingdom and His Righteousness
Content I. Do not worry about what you will eat, what you will drink, or what you will wear.
There is no one who is not concerned about the future. There are parents who have the son of a salt merchant and an umbrella merchant. This is the honest human heart.
Concern comes from the Latin wagen. This means that a ferocious beast bites the nape of the neck and then strangles it. Once the anxiety is bitten, it continues to squeeze in little by little until you run out of breath. Then why? Are you telling me not to worry?
1. Look at the birds flying in the air, look at the lilies of the field, God feeds them and clothes them, how much more do you think it is you? You of little faith! Don't worry because God is in charge!
God, who generously gave His only begotten Son to forgive original sin, has forgiven you, so why worry! Worry is unbelief, it is not God's will, and it does nothing to solve the problem.
2. Who among you can increase his stature by one cubit by being anxious?
Arthur Rank, a British businessman, was always worried and worried about his uncertain future prospects. Then one day, rather than living with worries every day, I came up with the idea of wanting to get out of my worries by setting one day of the week to be a day of concern. He made Wednesday a worry-free day and created <Demand Concern Box>. Each time a concern arises for a week, the contents and date of the concern are written down, put in the <Wednesday Concern Box>, and then opened at once on Wednesday. One Wednesday, Rank made a surprising discovery. Serious concerns about writing down notes had turned into insignificant problems when they were pulled out on Wednesday, a few days later. According to a study by a psychologist, more than 80% of worries were about worries and fears about the future. Worrying about the future without any power.
3. These are all the Gentiles seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Do parents feel good when their children worry about tuition and living expenses? My parents tell me not to worry and be happy. There are times when children swarm. Without knowing the circumstances of the family, he insists on buying a cell phone and bicycle. Then, from that day on, the worries are transferred to the parents. God knows all human problems.
II. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
1. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness
The world has priorities. But why did people come to think of the things of the world in the first place? because it has fallen Then, how do we first seek his kingdom and his righteousness? We must be born again through the blood of Jesus Christ.
2. His kingdom and his righteousness
His kingdom is the kingdom that God ruled before the fall that God created. It is a message to ask for this country to come true in my life. These are the words of the kingdom where God reigns, the expansion of the kingdom of God, and missions and evangelism.
3. Then all these things will be added to you.
Do you want material blessings? Give the first one first. It is not a matter of more or less. Then you add everything. Do you want your day to be blessed? First, give the first hour to God, and he will keep the day. Do you want your week to be blessed? Set aside the first day! Then you add all of this.
When David Livingston said he was going on a mission to the African jungle, his brother, a famous doctor, scoffed at him. However, according to the dictionary of Britannica, David Livingston is recorded in detail over two pages, but about the older brother, "the brother of the famous Livingston missionary" is all mentioned in one line.
Seeing Abraham's faith, God took an oath and blessed Isaac. I will bless you and make your offspring great and like the stars in the sky and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will gain the gates of their enemies. And through your descendants all peoples under the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my words.??(Genesis 22_17-18)
Isaac also had several failures. If you go to Gerar and dig a well, you will repeat the failure of being taken away by Abimelech and Gerar's princes. If you think deeply, you will know the cause of failure and discover the secret to not taking away your blessings. Genesis 22:25 says that Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well there as well.
(1) They built an altar and called on the name of the Lord - First, they worshiped God.
(2) He pitched his tent there - and built a house to take care of his family.
(3) His servants dug a well there too - Finally, he ran a business and a business.
Isaac found a well called Sheba. This well was not taken away, and the clear water has not dried up to this day and has become the pride of the nation of Israel. God does not want His children to be unhappy in this world. Do not worry about what you will eat, what you will drink, or what you will wear; seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.