Y2K?— Prepare Today!
One of Jesus' simplest
lessons goes right over our heads. It's a lesson the victims of
hurricane Mitch are finding hard to learn, for they are streaming north
in droves to enter the United States, because all that they possessed is
"gone with the wind." No insurance policy is going to save us
when those "four winds" of tornado force begin to rip away all
that we think we own. Honduras and Mitch and Somalia and Kosovo are all
reminders that we are also vulnerable.
What Jesus tries to teach us
in Matthew
6:25-34 is this: don't allow yourself to be preoccupied with what
you eat or drink or sports or clothes. Watch the birds; you have a
heavenly Father who cares for them. Won't He care for you too? You can't
even make yourself taller by a foot; what good does materialistic worry
do you? Look at the spring flowers; even Solomon couldn't dress like
that! So don't worship the malls or the car dealers' showrooms, or all
the things that define your personal prestige. "Seek first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness."
Why "seek"? Is God
trying to hide Himself and His salvation? Must you find what you want in
some mountain hideaway or guru's seminar? The word translated
"seek" in Hebrew (Jesus probably said this in Aramaic) often
means "pay attention to," "give thought to," or
"inquire of." It's not God hiding from you; it's God trying to
get your attention. If a future "Mitch" of some sort
blows away all your possessions, you won't need to despair. You will
have learned a kinship with the One who said,
"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the
Son of man hath not where to lay his head (Matthew
8:20), who at the same time could say, "I have come that [you
and I] might have life, and . . . more abundantly" (John
10:10).
You want something impervious
to thieves, moth and rust, earthquake, fire, flood, wind (Matthew
6:19-21)—an assurance that your heavenly Father not only loves you
but respects you as well; that He knows you are genuine in your choosing
security in Him over everything else. Then, whatever happens you will be
like Jesus on His cross—secure in Him, eternity in your grasp. A good
choice!
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