I decided to read these verses in the Message translation, and here is what it says:
“If you decide to live for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes of whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you have on your body………What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes (The Message)”
I have read these verses before. But for some reason, when I was reading them in The Message translation, couple of things really stood out for me:
1) I need to relax. I need to not worry and be so preoccupied with getting things that I don’t need so that I can respond to God’s giving
2) I need to daily steep myself in God – His reality, His initiative and His provisions
3) I need to give my full attention to what God is doing right now, through my life, in our church, what He’s doing around me, and not be so worried and preoccupied about what might or might not happen tomorrow
I have decided to live for God, and I need to live a life that is centered on God-worship. The challenge for me is to see if my words of worship really match up against my life of worship. I guess that is a challenge for all of us.
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