FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS

 

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

What instructions?

The ones Jesus gave me.

Not those to Noah or Joseph.

Let me review what Jesus said

then we will get back to the picture.

"That is why I tell you not to 

worry about everyday life - whether

you have enough food and drink, or

enough clothes to wear.  Isn't life

more than clothing"?  Look at the

birds.  They don't plant or harvest or

store food in barns, for your heavenly

Father feeds them.  And aren't

you far more valuable to him than

they are?  Can all your worries add

a single moment to your life?

(verses 25 - 27 then verse 34

Matthew 6 NLT)

"So don't worry about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will bring its own

worries.  Today's trouble is enough

for today." 

Many years ago I tried to emulate Noah

and/or Joseph.  I was looking forward to 

the potential problems of today.  So, I

built a bomb shelter in case of nuclear

attack.  I bought a truck load of survival

food.  I put tools and anything I could 

think of needing in it.

The little tools above are some of the small

tools that were in the shelter.  Just like the

shelter, food and other supplies -

TOTALLY USELESS - NOW.

If I had followed Jesus instructions to me

instead of choosing my own instructions

I would be money (lots of money)  ahead.

And all that time and effort I spent on 

preparing for trouble could have been spent

on something useful.

But no, it was wasted.