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    He Knows Your Need

    He Knows Your Need
    “Do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” (Matthew 6:31–32)
    Jesus wants his followers to be free from worry. In Matthew 6:25–34, he gives at least seven arguments designed to take away our anxiety. One of them lists food and drink and clothing, and then says, “Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all” (Matthew 6:32).
    Jesus must mean that God’s knowing is accompanied by his desiring to meet our need. He is emphasizing we have a Father. And this Father is better than any earthly father.
    I have five children. I love to meet their needs. But my knowing falls short of God’s knowing in at least three ways.
    First, right now I don’t know where any of my children are. I could guess. They’re in their homes or at work or school, healthy and safe. But they might be lying on a sidewalk with a heart attack.
    Second, I don’t know what is in their heart at any given moment. I can guess from time to time. But they may be feeling some fear or hurt or anger or lust or greed or joy or hope. I can’t see their hearts. They don’t even know their own hearts perfectly.
    Third, I don’t know their future. Right now they may seem well and steady. But tomorrow some great sorrow may befall them.
    This means I can’t be for them a very strong reason not to worry. There are things that may be happening to them now, or may happen tomorrow, that I do not even know about. But it is totally different with their Father in heaven. Our Father in heaven! He knows everything about us, where we are, now and tomorrow, inside and out. He sees every need.
    Add to that, his huge eagerness to meet our needs. Remember the “much more” of Matthew 6:30, “If God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you?”
    Add to that his complete ability to do what he is eager to do (he feeds billions of birds hourly, around the world, Matthew 6:26).
    So join me in trusting the promise of Jesus to meet our needs. That’s what Jesus is calling for when he says, “Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.”
    Solid Joy Ministries

    #2
    Very much needed! Thanks for posting!


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      #3
      He is the giver and provider for all. Thank you Father, for all your blessings. Amen.

      The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

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        #4
        Good one, Amen.

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          #5
          Thanks Bro. Bill

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            #6
            Amen Bro. Bill.

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              #7
              Good one

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                #8
                Up

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                  #9
                  Amen

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                    #10
                    And missed it earlier thanks for posting

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                      #11
                      Amen!

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