Jan. 15, 2006 - Your Value - part two
God wants you to know your value.
- Your life is worth more….
Matt. 6:25-34
"So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing?
Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are.
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not.
"And why worry about your clothes? Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing,yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!
"So don't worry about having enough food or drink or clothing.
Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs,
and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the
"So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.
Life is worth more than food, the body is worth more than clothes.
You wouldn’t know that from the glossy magazines or TV would you? They are always sending us a message, you are nothing unless you have this or wear this. We look up to those models because of their job in the public eye or because of what they are wearing and we feel we have to measure up, so we buy things we cannot afford and still feel we do not have what we need.
Matt
Not even a sparrow, worth only half a penny, can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to him than a whole flock of sparrows.
Aren’t you worth more than the birds? God takes care of them. Carefree living is for the Christian!
So don’t start worrying about the details. Eating...drinking… clothes… that is what the pagans seek. People without God have a world view without God as their foundation they are materialistic.
Society goes after all they can have so they can prove their value.
Do you remember on the movie Little Women when Meg went to the party and her friends dressed her up and then she was embarrassed when her friend Laurie showed up at the party? She wondered why was it wrong to play the part of the fancy lady and have all those men around her paying attention to her. The mother said, “I don’t my girls thinking that their value is merely in their decoration.”
Man’s thinking says, position and possessions make me valuable.
This thinking brings anxiety, worry jealousy, and a feeling of no purpose for your life.
The truth is that I am of high value. You are of High Value, because God says you are.
Every person is a VIP. The Christian should look to God to affirm their value.
If we do not know our value we will look to man for affirmation. “Am I OK?”
We can be so worried and concerned with food and clothes, position. We need to remind ourselves of this truth, “ I am of high value because God says I am.”
Look at the birds of the air, look at the flowers, you are much more valuable than they.
I went through a period in my life when I was very depressed. I remember lying in my bed, and a song bird came and sat outside my window. He sang the same sweet tune over and over and it really did seem he was singing, “Don’t worry, Don’t worry, He cares for you.” Now whenever I hear the song bird outside my window I am reminded of that time when a bird encouraged me. I like to think the birds must be singing because they are happy and free and they must know their Heavenly Father is taking care of them.
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Jan. 18, 2006 - birds and depression
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