Radience

Radience
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Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

"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 important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 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? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. 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, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I worry a lot naturally. One of the key reasons that I worry is that the trust in God is unreal. In this season, God is dealing with one of the major hurdles in my life, which is to trust Him. On the surface, all things look spiritual but on the inside the reality is that trust is reserved only on the tangible.

This season, God has done a marvellous work of undoing that. Trust is becoming a increasing attribute in my life. Confidence in the goodness of the Almighty God is built up. Sharing is based on true experience rather than head knowledge.

As Matthew 6:33 says, the key is to seek Him first, and then all things add on.

Again, seeking Him ALWAYS entails an element of risk. More of that in later posts.

Standing Firm

StandingFirm
Originally uploaded by MatthewKoh

I like the feel of this photo. While all might look gloomy, there is a certain sense of calm and peace to this setting. The strong stone structure speaks of strength and the light ray of sunlight at the background speaks of hope. Although the trees are withered, it is still standing strong, holding on.