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Philippians 3:10 |
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" I see dead prezidents."
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Peep it - keep it - 'n reap:
Don't hoard treasure down here
where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by
burglars.
Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it's safe from moth and rust and
burglars. 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.
Your eyes are windows into your body.
If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light.
If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar.
If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!
You can't worship two gods at once.
Loving one god, you'll end up hating the other.
Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other.
You can't worship God and Money both.
If you decide for God, living a life of
God-worship,
it follows that you don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes
or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion.
There is far more to your 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 birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description,
careless in the care of God.
And you count far more to him than birds.
Has anyone by fussing in front of the
mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch?
All this time and money wasted on fashion—do you think it makes that much
difference?
Instead of looking at the fashions, walk out into the fields and look at
the wildflowers.
They never primp or shop, 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
appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—
don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to 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 your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions.
Don't worry about missing out.
You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
Give your entire attention to what God is
doing right now,
and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow.
God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
Much love. Jesus
Matthew 6:19-33 - The Message by Eugene H. Peterson
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