{"id":592,"date":"2023-06-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=592&2023"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:00:19","slug":"lengthening-your-life-matthew-6-25-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/lengthening-your-life-matthew-6-25-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Lengthening Your Life: Matthew 6:25-34"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: Matthew 6:25-34 (NCV)<\/div>
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25\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSo I tell you, don\u2019t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. 26\u00a0<\/sup>Look at the birds in the air. They don\u2019t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds. 27\u00a0<\/sup>You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it.<\/p>

28\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cAnd why do you worry about clothes? Look at how the lilies in the field grow. They don\u2019t work or make clothes for themselves. 29\u00a0<\/sup>But I tell you that even Solomon with his riches was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. 30\u00a0<\/sup>God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today but tomorrow is thrown into the fire. So you can be even more sure that God will clothe you. Don\u2019t have so little faith! 31\u00a0<\/sup>Don\u2019t worry and say, \u2018What will we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What will we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What will we wear?\u2019 32\u00a0<\/sup>The people who don\u2019t know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them. 33\u00a0<\/sup>Seek first God\u2019s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well. 34\u00a0<\/sup>So don\u2019t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<\/p>\r\n

Read Matthew 6:25-34<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

If Jesus has a sense of humor, or if there was ever a time He may have come across as a little insensitive, it may be in a phrase He says in this passage about worry. Worry is something that almost everyone in our culture faces today on some level or another, and Jesus has something to tell His followers about this subject.<\/p>\r\n

Jesus message to open this topic: \u201cDon\u2019t worry.<\/strong>\u201d (First portion of verse 25)<\/p>\r\n

But since Jesus is more helpful than those words themselves, He goes on to describe how we are so much more valuable to God than other things, and that while we spend a lot of time focusing on what we will eat and what we should wear, our lives are so much more important to Him then these minor areas.<\/p>\r\n

It is in Jesus\u2019 discussion about worry that He shares a truth that packs a punch: \u201cYou cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 27)<\/p>\r\n

There are plenty of things you can do to add time to your life. Exercise, eat more healthy foods, chose to build better habits and eliminate bad habits from your daily routines are just a few things we can do to add time to our lives.<\/p>\r\n

The big thing that won\u2019t add any time to your life is worry.<\/em> Worry and the stress that worry can cause may actually decrease the time you are alive.<\/p>\r\n

In some ways, Jesus\u2019 statement here may sound sarcastic or insensitive to those who read or hear these words, but Jesus isn\u2019t going to avoid the big issue: Worry doesn\u2019t serve any good purpose. It may be one of the things in life that can cause the most harm with no potential upside. <\/p>\r\n

Instead, the best way to add time to our lives is by focusing our lives on God; putting our faith, hope, and trust in Jesus; and seeking His kingdom first. With our focus, faith, and foundation on Jesus, our life on earth becomes the beginning of an eternal life with God.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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