In God's Hands

Our best care is in God’s hands

Our best care is in God's Hands.

God can take better care of us than we can for ourselves.

Consider the birds and the fields!

Jesus uses this example of how God care for the birds of the air and the flowers of the field.

They are well fed and well clothed.

They are insignificant in comparison to the value God places on human beings.

We must take into consideration that God loves us too!

Psalm 8:4-5 says how God made man, just a little lower than God! That we are the apex of God’s creation. If this is the case and God cares for the birds and fields, how can we believe that God doesn’t care for us also?

God's solemn promise in Matthew 6:33

If we put God’s Kingdom first, then God will take care of everything else!

So where should our focus be?

What should we center our decisions on? This should include everything, where we live, what kind of work we choose, how we spend our money, etc.

This is a paradigm shift from how the world looks at life.

Worldly people make their decisions based on their needs (and in many cases their wants) but never consider what God wants.

Have you considered what God wants?

Some have written off God’s will because it seems to be at odds with their needs, but what does God promise?

Do you trust God? Do you trust that He will provide everything you need to follow him?

Do the possible. Let God take care of the impossible.

This should also determine our ethics.

Just because something is unfair or hard, doesn’t mean we should ignore God’s Word or Will.

For instance, is it OK to steal when we are hungry? That seems obvious.

Would you cheat on your taxes because you think you pay too much or the government is corrupt?

Would you steal from someone else because you felt they had plenty and should share it with others?

We must trust in God, by doing what is right, even when it is hard, even when a situation seems unfair.

Worry robs us of God's care.

Worrying wears us down- worrying robs us of energy, emotion, and time.

Think about how much time you spend worrying?

Jesus asked a powerful question, “Who thinks they will add an hour to their life by worrying?”

In fact, worrying does quite the opposite. Worrying robs us of our time.

Instead of taking action or making decisions, we become consumed with worry and become indecisive and unable to act.

Think about how much energy it takes to worry?

This is one reason why anxiety medication exists!

People are so worried that it affects them physically. So much so that they need a biological correction for it!

Think about how much worrying effects your mood!

When you are worried, how do you react to people?

What does that do to your relationships? Your marriage? Your children? Your family? Maybe even you work?

Worrying is counter productive, it can cost us the peace we need to make it through challenging seasons.

Worry diverts us from God's Will

When our focus is on our needs, rather than God’s Kingdom, we tend to divert away from His will.

His Will is what is best for us, not our own Will.

Anyone ever try to run from God? How did that work out?

I have determined that running from God has no good outcome.

God may succeed in redirecting you, which is painful and difficult.

God may not succeed and we could be lost forever!

But imagine getting to heaven and looking at what your life could have been, do you think you would be surprised? Do you think you would be disappointed in the life you have now?

Keep in mind that God knows past, present, and future. He knows us better than we know ourselves. Wouldn’t He then know what is best?

But worrying robs us of God’s Will.

Instead we become consumed with our needs, food, clothing, shelter.

Sometimes we become consumed with our wants!

But imagine if we chose God’s way, would it work better?

And even if life is perfect the way you wanted it, do you think God’s Will could still be better?

Life is very temporary.

Just like the grass and the birds, their time is limited.

And the most consequential moment in our existence will be when we give an account before God for the life we lived.

Will we be commended? Will we be condemned?

Salvation itself is not based on our own works, but there is a judgement seat, even for believers whose reward will be determined

*What we worry about wont last anyway

> Trust God for the Impossible

*Do the possible, let God take care of the impossible

*Prioritize what is right, even when it is hard