Jesus said to his
disciples: "No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love
the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
mammon.
"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 than food and the body more than
clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather
nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important
than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his
splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the
field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much
more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say, 'What are
we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All these
things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But
seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will
be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of
itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."
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Reflection:
There’s this story of a mother in her mid-forties. After working hard
for almost twenty years and being financially stable already she applied for early
retirement. Her reason was she wanted to spend more time with her family and
she also wanted to put-up a small business that she can call her own she had
full trust in God that she will not fail.
After two years this mother was searching for a job again her reason was
they were running out of funds already. If you ask her what happened
to her business she would dryly say that it did not prosper. And if you ask her
again as to what happened to her trust in God she would ironically say that
it’s much better to trust more on herself than trust God.
This mother’s trust in God was severely tested unfortunately she
waivered on her belief and on her faith that God would help her succeed in her
business.
There would be instances In our lives wherein we would be at a crossroad
or a crucial point. Where we have to ponder if we would continue with our trust
in God or we would trust more on ourselves. When there’s no more food on the
table, when there’s no more money in our pocket. Should we still trust God to
provide for us or we put aside our trust in God and we do it our way to earn a
living?
When we say that we trust God it doesn’t mean that we will just lie down
and wait for God’s blessings to come our way like manna from heaven. To trust
God is to do everything humanly possible for us to earn a living without losing
our faith in God: So it’s faith with action!
Jesus used birds in the sky as metaphor for His providence, birds
fly and look for their food and that’s when God feeds them. Birds
don’t just stay idle in one place and wait for their food to come to
them.
That’s what we must do also we must move and look for a living with
faith, move and look for our destiny with faith. As we move let us ask God to
guide us, to be with us for He will not fail us and He will certainly provide
for us. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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