A New Season

Matthew 6:25-34

"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? 26 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? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 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? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The weather is warming. The trees are, once again, covered with green leaves. The birds are nesting. The flowers are blooming. The hills are covered with green grass and the reminder of God’s majesty is brilliantly surrounding us. The spring season brings with it an array of beautiful creatures as they awaken from their winter rest or stop back into town from their winter travels.
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We are in a new season and another season is coming. Spring is here, but summer is on its way. Often, we forget to stop and enjoy the spring because we are only preparing for the summer, or in California we are preparing for fire season. We are focused on the next time of year which will inevitably hold troubles of its own. We begin to worry about the unknown, the busyness, and the unpredictable. Matthew 6 is a great reminder that we do not need to be anxious in the drought, famine, or the unknown. If God takes care of the birds of the air, or the flowers of the field, how much more will God take care of His children.

Let us instead stop and enjoy the beauty of God and thank Him for today. A day that is precious. As the seasons in your life may be changing, put your anxieties on the God who loves. Put your worries on the God who knows exactly what you need. 

-Pastor Brent