God's Protection and Provision

Matthew 6:25-34 (New International Version, ©2010)

Do Not Worry

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I was truly blessed this week to see God's hand at work in my life. See, a few weeks ago, He asked me if I would let Him use my truck for His purposes. I told Him, "My truck is a blessing from You. You can use it any way You want."

So here comes the blizzard. And God used me, my sister, and my truck to provide for people. And He blessed us. He has provided food, gas, even boots and gloves, because we have been faithful to follow His will for us. And, this is the part that I find amazing, when others have been stuck, even 4x4's, God has kept us rolling. His hand of protection has been over us. And I am so grateful to Him.

I know the weather has been rough for a lot of people. But I am glad to know that the God who controls the storm is the same God who is watching over me.

God is bigger than the Boogieman, bigger than Godzilla or the monsters on TV. God is bigger than the Boogieman, and He's watching over you and me.