Vital signs- Monday, November 7th, 2022

Placing our hope in money and possessions is so easy for us to do. Trusting in God’s provision over our lives is not. We can see and feel money and somehow feel comforted but the peace it provides is temporary. Placing our hope in something that can be gone tomorrow will set us up for disappointment. So, let’s choose to trust God for His provision and hope is eternal. 

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭25‬-‭33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Pray with me-The earth is Yours, Lord, and everything in it. For all the animals of the forest are Yours, and You own the cattle on a thousand hills. You know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are Yours. So, I won’t worry about anything because You, God, are my Heavenly Father, and You know my needs. You care for the lilies of the field and the birds in the sky—how much more valuable am I than them! How great is Your goodness that You’ve stored up for those who trust You. God, You’re able to do immeasurably more than all I can even ask or imagine, according to Your power that’s at work within me. I’ll seek Your Kingdom above all else, and I trust that You’ll meet all my needs according to the riches of Your glory in Christ Jesus.