Take No Thought For Your Life Part 4

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “Take no Thought for Your Life” – why should we think about how our lives will end? Why worry? Jesus told us to “Behold the fowls [birds] of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap” (Matthew 6:26). I’ve shared with the Anointed Harvest family on many occasions that “I’ve never seen a bird that doesn’t have a big belly.” They definitely don’t have a six-pack or muscles under those feathers. On the contrary, they are always shaped as though they are overweight – big belly and small legs. I point this out because somehow, some way, God feeds them well! Consider this – they don’t work a job or punch a time clock. They answer to no one but God, yet they are well provided for! Now do you see why it angers our Savior Jesus Christ when we, His children, worry about miniscule needs such as food and raiment?

Chosen Ones, I must point out that even when we have challenges and suffer lack in our lives, God requires us to trust Him. Don’t fool yourself – it’s not always easy, even for the birds. When snow is so deep that your car is almost covered, it’s impossible for birds to scratch for food. They have to depend entirely on God to feed them. Yet somehow, even after the most severe winters, the birds are always back on the scene, singing their beautiful songs, just as they always did. We, the sons of God, should be happier than the birds, if we would only cast all of our cares upon Him.

Precious Ones, why do you think Jesus asked the rhetorical question “Are ye not much better than they?” (Matthew 6:26). I’ll tell you why – to condemn us for “taking thought for our lives.” We, the children of God, ought to know that we are much more precious than any bird. Remember, Jesus provides our needs before we even realize that we have a need. Our God has “blessed us with all spiritual blessings…according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:3-4). Be blessed by this, Beloved.

I will write more on this subject next week. Until then, know this…

I love you all SO very much.
In His Love,

Pastor William L. McCoy