Today’s scripture: Luke 12:24 (NRSV) (The Message) (KJV) What might God be saying to me?
My thoughts (David Zier):
My mind is always going, twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year, thinking about what I need to do in the next hour, the next day, or the next week. Although I know things will work out the way God wants them to, sometimes I just can’t help myself from tinkering, planning, and strategizing, so that things can work out the way I think God wants them to. I may have my heart in the right place most of the time, but I can forget who is ultimately in charge and try to force my will, thinking it is God’s.
Letting go of wanting things to be “perfect,” or of making a particular situation happen the way I think it ought to, is not easy. I know I am not alone in this. This verse is spiritual food. It causes me to ask, “What am I worried about?” or “Why do I feel the need to be in control?”
Isn’t it wonderful that God allows things to happen, and unravel, even when I have a hard time getting out of the way? Even in those moments, God is there to feed my soul. God’s hand is there. God’s grace is there. I don’t have to try so hard. I can let God, and I can allow myself to live in that and use it as spiritual food. Just like God feeds the birds.
Thought for the Day: Where do you need God’s spiritual food in your life today?
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