Trusting God For Daily Needs

Trusting God For Daily Needs

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?

Matthew 6:25

We can’t seem to let go of our anxieties and worries as long as we live. Yet God gives us everything we need hour by hour, without needing any assistance from us. So why do we keep on having foolish fears and anxieties about trivial little needs, as though God can’t or won’t supply us with food and shelter? We should hang our heads in shame when people point out this foolishness to us. Yet foolish is the only way to describe those rich, well-fed people who are always worried about having a full pantry. They have plenty of food on hand to serve nourishing meals, but they never share a meal with anyone or invite dinner guests. They have empty beds but never ask anyone to spend the night.

Accordingly, Christ is plainly telling us what foolish people we are. It should be enough to make us want to spit on ourselves in utter disgust. Still, we continue to grope along in our blindness, even though it’s obvious that we’re incapable of providing for our basic needs without God. This alone should be enough to make us Christians and to keep this thought in mind: “Undoubtedly, I never held in my own hands even one fleeting moment of my life. If I must trust God for my very life and limb, why should I worry about how I’m going to find nourishment from day to day?” Not trusting God for our daily needs is like having a wealthy father who is willing to lavish thousands of dollars on us, yet not being able to trust him for money in an emergency.