Matthew 6 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Matthew 6.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb95/mat/6/1/s_935001

Meditate on these commands from verses 25 and 26.

 

Do not be worried.  Look at the birds of the air.

 

Jesus takes His command to not worry seriously because He says it three times in this chapter (vs. 25, 31, 34).  He knows worry is destructive to our spirit, soul, and body, and offensive to God, because when we worry, we admit we don’t really trust Him. 

 

In the middle of the “Do not worry” commands, Jesus commands us to “Look at the birds” (v. 26).   How sweet of our LORD to want us to look up and out, away from our worries, at birds!  And, He created plenty of them to watch, so it is an easy command to fulfill.  New research suggests there are about 18,000 species of birds.”¹ Amazing!  “Oh, Jesus, change me from a worrier to a birdwatcher!”

 

As a faithful, prayerful watchman and birdwatcher, pray Matthew 6:25-28 and 31-33 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, help _________ and me stop worrying about

 our life!  Help us look at the birds of the air; they

do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns,

yet Father, You feed them.  Are we not worth

 much more than they?  By being worried, we cannot

add a single hour to our life.  Help us observe

how the lilies of the field grow.  They do not toil, nor

 do they spin.  LORD, help us not worry, saying, ‘What

 will we eat?  What will we drink?  What will we wear

for clothing?’  Heavenly Father, You know we need

 all these things.  Help us seek first Your kingdom and Your

righteousness, and all these things will be added to us.

In Your name, Jesus~”

 

We discovered 19 commands in this chapter.  How many do you see?

 

 

1.      Retrieved from: www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/study-doubles-estimate-of-world-bird-species

 

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell