This was a blog post that I published several months ago. However, I’ve been listening to Pete Wilson’s sermon series, SYNC and this came to mind… (If you want to listen too click here) It’s good to have a refresher.
Matthew 6:25-34
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
28 “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, 29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God[d] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
I was sitting and reading this passage at a Panera bread [I must admit that was my second meal at Panera that day. My wife who is an avid Panera Bread lover would be so jealous if she only knew] after having looked at these beautiful loaves of bread all day, I couldn’t help but think about how Jesus, (who calls Himself “the Bread of life” in John 6:35) came down and satisfied my needs.
He seriously came down and met my every need. I was reminded today that Jesus will fulfill our needs, not our greed’s. Boy, that is startling isn’t it? How often do I have greed’s that I feel are needs.
Panera has some really delicious bread. And being a self-proclaimed {starch-a-holic} I know a good loaf when I see one. I don’t even need to say loaf of what. You other starch lovers know what I’m talking about. Nothing like a good loaf of carbohydrates which go right to my ever-expanding waste line. I’m told that carbs in control is the way to go. However, since I can’t seem to get that right, I’m starting a club called Carboholics Anonymous.
What if we had a group so addicted to Christ, The Bread of Life, that we had a Carboholics Anonymous class. Addicted to the bread of life? Well, here’s where you can come and meet others who are equally addicted. Or are our Churches and Youth Groups filled with people who are on the Spiritual Atkins diet. You know, cut the carbs, and never eat those evil carbs again! It could sound something like this, “I like religion, I like Jesus, but I can only have 1 portion of Jesus a day, and I prefer him with jelly. In fact I’ll take some more vegetables please.” Do we forget to learn from the Bread lovers? I pray that God makes me a lover of others more than self. However, what if I was so in tune with relying on the bread of life instead of the bread of strife?
