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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Daily Devotional**
A gripping photograph of an old woman sitting in a pile of garbage made me ponder. She was smiling as she ate a packet of food she had foraged from the garbage dump. It took so little for the woman to be satisfied.
There is much talk about a struggling economy and the cost of living going higher. And many are getting increasingly anxious about their livelihood. Is it possible to heed our Lord Jesus? teaching in Matthew 6:25, ?Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on??
Our Lord was not saying that we don?t need to work, that we don?t need to eat, or that we shouldn?t bother about how we dress. He was warning against those things becoming so important that we become slaves of money instead of trusting Him. ?No one can serve two masters,? He said (v.24).
Seeking first ?the kingdom of God and His righteousness? (v.33) is recognizing that no matter how much effort we expend to make a better life for ourselves and our families, ultimately it is the Lord who takes care of our needs. And since God is our heavenly Father, we will have enough. ? C. P. Hia
Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there. ?Havergal
Money serves us well if we receive it as God?s provision.