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**WARRIOR** Mon 17 May 2010, 3:10 pm

Matthew 6:25-34: 6:25} Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought

for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor

yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more

than meat, and the body than raiment? {6:26} Behold the

fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor

gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.

Are ye not much better than they? {6:27} Which of you by

taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? {6:28}

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of

the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

{6:29} And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his

glory was not arrayed like one of these. {6:30} Wherefore,

if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and

to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more

[clothe] you, O ye of little faith? {6:31} Therefore take no

thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we

drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? {6:32} (For

after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your

heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these

things. {6:33} But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

{6:34} Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the

morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient

unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

In this parable Jesus teaches on trusting the master. He addresses

Worrying about our lives, what we will eat, drink or clothes we will

Wear. I have read and re-read this. No where does it mention about

A house. So I was asking the Lord about this. First let us look at

The priesthood:

Revelation 1:5-6;{1:5} And from Jesus Christ,

[who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the

dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that

loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

{1:6} And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his

Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever.

Amen. Isaiah 61:6: {61:6} But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD:

[men] shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat

the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast

yourselves.

Now let us look at Deuteronomy 10:8-9: {10:8} At that time

the LORD separated the tribe of Levi,

to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before

the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name,

unto this day. {10:9} Wherefore Levi hath no part nor

inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance,

according as the LORD thy God promised him.

Jesus said in prophecy in Isaiah 61:6, that we shall be called priests

Of the Lord. In Deuteronomy 10:8-9, the priests of God (us) were not

Given land like the rest of the tribes. The reason was THE LORD IS

OUR INHERITANCE. He is our house, our dwelling place, our refuge.

We live in him. Deuteronomy 10:8 says we are to stand before the Lord

To minister (praise, worship, prayer) unto him.

Matthew 8:20: {8:20} And Jesus

saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air

[have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his]

head. Jesus himself had no place to lay his head (no home ownership).

Having read this, it put the parable of Matthew 6:25-34 into perspective.

Jesus will meet all our temporal needs. He will give us what we need, not what

We want. He owned nothing himself, yet God provided for him in this world.

Hebrews 11:13: {11:13} These all died in faith, not having

received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and

were persuaded of [them,] and embraced [them,] and

confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

1 peter 2:11: {2:11} Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and

pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the

soul. We are pilgrims passing through this world. We are to be spiritually

minded. WE ARE CITIZENS OF HEAVEN PASSING THROUGH THIS

WORLD, NOT CITIZENS OF THIS WORLD TRYING TO MAKE IT

TO HEAVEN. God wants us to trust him. In the coming days many of

Us could be pressed, have to endure much trials and tribulations for

The kingdom of heaven. As God did provide for Israel in the wilderness,

He will do the same for us also. We must trust him.

Blessings.

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