Matthew 6:8 KJV
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:31-32 KJV
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
I was so encouraged to see today that; not once, but twice in one chapter, Jesus assures us that our heavenly Father knows our needs.
He knows our needs before we ask for them.
This in no way negates our need for prayer. Jesus never discouraged prayer at all.He did discourage vain repetition. He did discourage us from repeating words just to be heard. Jesus teaches us to pray and to pray importunately. We should pray and keep on praying. We just do not need to pray poetical sayings or religious phrases.
Our heavenly Father knows what things we need.
He knows our needs, therefore, we have no need to worry ourselves over them.
The word "thought" of verse 31 carries the meaning of anxiety. We do not need to worry and be anxious and fret over our needs;
What shall we eat?
What shall we drink?
Where shall we find clothing?
I do not see this as forbidding us to purchase clothing, food, and drink. Neither is it forbidding us to budget for these things. It does forbid us from making these the priorities of our lives.
We all go through times when the money doesn't seem to stretch as far as our needs want to take us. We have times when we must wean ourselves away from pleasures and wants and redefine what our priorities are.
In those times there is huge comfort in remembering that our heavenly Father knows what things we have need of.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:31-32 KJV
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
I was so encouraged to see today that; not once, but twice in one chapter, Jesus assures us that our heavenly Father knows our needs.
He knows our needs before we ask for them.
This in no way negates our need for prayer. Jesus never discouraged prayer at all.He did discourage vain repetition. He did discourage us from repeating words just to be heard. Jesus teaches us to pray and to pray importunately. We should pray and keep on praying. We just do not need to pray poetical sayings or religious phrases.
Our heavenly Father knows what things we need.
He knows our needs, therefore, we have no need to worry ourselves over them.
The word "thought" of verse 31 carries the meaning of anxiety. We do not need to worry and be anxious and fret over our needs;
What shall we eat?
What shall we drink?
Where shall we find clothing?
I do not see this as forbidding us to purchase clothing, food, and drink. Neither is it forbidding us to budget for these things. It does forbid us from making these the priorities of our lives.
We all go through times when the money doesn't seem to stretch as far as our needs want to take us. We have times when we must wean ourselves away from pleasures and wants and redefine what our priorities are.
In those times there is huge comfort in remembering that our heavenly Father knows what things we have need of.
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