Letting It Go?
Matthew 6:31-34 “So do
not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What
shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly
Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough
trouble of its own.”
AMID the “do not worry” sermon point, Jesus says this: “But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
Righteousness
defines all things that are right in God’s sight. Your best relationships occur
when you and another do what’s right in each other’s sight.
God is righteous-perfect,
holy. The more we speak, act and think as God’s words tell us, the more
righteous we are. The more righteous we are, the closer we are to God. Jesus
again emphasizes how harmful worry is by contrasting it with righteousness. Don’t
put your mind to the work of seeking worry. Use your mind to seek God’s true
ways.
Jesus knew how
desperate his people were. They lived impoverished lives imprisoned by Rome and
Herod’s iron rule. Their religious system bound them even further. There was also
a deep sense of unrest in the nation as people expected militant Jews to rebel
against Rome. It seemed to the Jews they were standing on the brink of
destruction. Where was the promised Messiah?
Thus, Jesus words
are radical and profound. His commands were, as they always had been, to point
his people to the righteous God. He loved his people so much he constantly
preached to them, “You’re safe with me.”
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