He will Feed Me, He will Clothe Me, He will keep me.

Cody Kereopa 24/09/2023

Matthew 6: 24 – 34

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

Long before Jesus was called Christ, he was called Master, Rabbi, Teacher the Sermon on the Mount is one of the many examples why. Jesus demonstrated his ability to expound on Gods will and word without hesitation or ambiguity and most importantly with authority. It is a masterclass in not only preaching but doctrine and shows why Jesus is the true Shepard. It begins in Mathew 5 and concludes in chapter 7. I can only show you a glimmer of what is in this passage, and the focus is really verses 31 -34. I implore you to read the whole sermon frequently, let its words sink in and meditate on what Jesus himself greatly desired you to know. You can live by these words. These passages mean more to me than money or gold, they are precious in so many ways I will never be able to convey their potential value to you but today I’ll try to demonstrate their value to me. I want to focus Money, God, and You. The scriptures deal frequently with Idolatry, covetousness, and filthy lucre (the desire for money specifically). Earlier in chapter 6 this is at the forefront and is clearly presented and warned. I do see the potential to apply what Christ is saying in this passage to those inclinations, Idolatry, covetousness, and filthy lucre I find when I really consider his words, I find he is not dealing with a wicked person but a faithless person. He’s not dealing with the active sin of the flesh but a more passive weakness of the spirit. Trust, contentment, comfort, and assurance are worlds ill use frequently this morning, but they don’t really convey the depth of peace I experience and desire you to experience. So I apologise if I sound rather repetitive. When taken literally and in context what Jesus is presenting is astounding but also logical. There is a point I believe Christ is making in this part of his sermon that is both easy to understand and difficult to enact, I want to share what my experience has been enacting this in my walk and how I’ve identified and cultivated the sensation of trust and how I have trained my heart to apply it to God by reason of use. It’s far too simplistic to identify this sensation as “content” because its far more than that. Afterall a growing faith and trust in God doesn’t just lead to contentment but confidence, power, and fearlessness, wisdom and discernment, among others. God will feed me, and God will clothe me, G