Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

From Background Notes [BN] for Nov 14th & 15th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

The rich stand in danger of losing everything they possess, and losing their souls as well. The poor stand in danger of losing faith in their heavenly Father who takes care of them.

 

When a person's economic life hangs in the balance, the whole world looks different. Indeed, the whole world seems to be falling down all around--upside-down. The poor wants to be where the rich now lives, but more importantly, the poor somehow sees the situation as hopeless. "You have", Jesus tells them, "a real opportunity to strip the mask off the wealthy, and show them to be pagans after all!" (Matthew 6:31). Jesus teaches a foundational creation ethic to the poor. "This is my Father's world", he is saying in effect. "The birds of the air, the lilies of the field are also God's children. But they lack conscious thought and so are incapable of worry, yet they lack nothing. The Father feeds them, the Father clothes them. So what does that mean for you, the poor, who are in constant vigilance about eating, drinking and clothing?" [BN,4]

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* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:15am
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