god reality :: why worry.

Now I am not usually the first to grab a copy of this particular translation and am cringing thinking of how my friends Steve and Zarv will scoff at my choice.....however.....this just really nailed it for me today.

It really is this simple......but we live in a complicated world.  Just read below.

God insists that we not worry about anything except eternity.  He promises that in this passage.

Not our job, our house, our clothes, our social status, our career, our car, our opportunities, our future, our relationships.......What a place of freedom and joy.

No longer puppets pulled in many directions riding the waves of our emotions and failings.




Luke 12:22-34


Steep Yourself in God-Reality


 22-24He continued this subject with his disciples. "Don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. 


Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.


 25-28"Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? 


The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?


 29-32"What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. 


Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don't be afraid of missing out. 


You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.


 33-34"Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can't go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.