MGD: The Grass, the Birds & Our Tomorrow

Morning by morning, you are waking my ear to hear

as one being taught by your spirit. Shalom, precious one.

God richly bless you for tuning in to Radio ACI

today for our morning glory devotion. The theme for today's

devotion is the Christ Let us kindly share a word

of prayer. Father, we thank you for the privilege to

listen to your word once again. Please open up our

hearts to receive your word. Grant us the grace to

be doers and not hearers deceiving ourselves. In Jesus' mighty

name we pray. Amen. Let us kindly take our confession

from Joshua chapter 1 verse 8. Joshua chapter 1 verse 8.

Joshua 1:8 Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of

my mouth, but I shall meditate in it day and night,

that I may observe to do according to all that

is written in it. For then I will make my

way prosperous, and then I will have good success. Amen.

The grass, the birds, and our tomorrow. The grass, the birds,

and our tomorrow. A script written by Pastor and Mrs.

Amo Appiah. Our scripture reading is from Matthew chapter 6,

Matthew 6:25–34

verses 25 to 34. Matthew chapter 6, verses 25 to 34.

Matthew 6:25–34

reading from the New King James Version. Let us hear

the word of the Lord. Therefore I say to you,

do not worry about your life, what you will eat

or what you will drink, nor about your body, what

you will put on. Is not life more than food,

and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds

of the air, For they neither sow nor reap nor

gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are

you not of more value than they? Which of you

by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So

why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of

the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin.

And yet I say to you that even Solomon, in

all his glory, was not arid like one of these. Now,

if God so clothes the grass of the field, which

is today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will

he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? Or

what shall we drink? Or what shall we wear? For

after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly

Father knows that you need all these things. But seek

first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all

these things shall be added to you. Therefore, do not

worry about tomorrow. for tomorrow will worry about its own things.

Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. May the

Lord add his blessing to the reading and hearing of

his word. Thanks be to God. The grass, the birds,

and our tomorrow. Anxiety rarely makes an appointment before it arrives.

It creeps into our minds immediately. In the quiet hours

of the night, it tightens around our hearts while we

drive to work. A sudden thought about our health, a

child who seems far from God, or a bill we

cannot see how to pay, and all at once our

peace evaporates. We find ourselves pacing the floor, trying to

solve problems that have not even happened yet. When worry strikes,

many believers are killed on top of their fear. We think,

if we were better Christians, we would never feel this way. Yet,

the scriptures never pretend that God's children will walk through

this fallen world untouched by fear. David did not write,

I never feel afraid. He wrote, what time I am afraid,

I will trust in thee. The fear comes, but that

is precisely where the battle begins. On a grassy hillside

by the Sea of Galilee, the Lord Jesus looked into

the tired eyes of ordinary men and women who were

consumed with survival. They were worried about their next meal,

their worn-out clothes, and what tomorrow might bring. Jesus did

not mock their weakness. Instead, he pointed to the sky

and to the ground. Look at the birds of the

air and consider the lilies of the field. The birds

do not store up food in the barns, yet God

feeds them each morning. The wild grass flourishes today, and

it's gone tomorrow, yet God closed it with beauty. Every

time anxiety takes the steering wheel of our hearts, it

is whispering an ancient lie, that when tomorrow comes, we

will be left entirely on our own. But tomorrow does

not belong to our troubles. Tomorrow belongs to our Father.

We cannot add a single cube to our lives by fretting.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It only

empties today of its strength. When our hearts begin to

raise today, let's lay every fear down at the feet

of Jesus and be reminded that God our Father has

already prepared for our tomorrow. Amen. Our memory verse for

today is from 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 7. 1

1 Peter 5:7 1 Peter 5:7

Peter chapter 5 verse 7, reading from the King James Version.

Casting all your care upon him, for he cared for you.

Casting all your care upon him, for he cared for you. Amen.

Let us kindly share a word of prayer. Father, we

thank you for your word today. Thank you for the

reminder today. that worries and anxieties do not solve our problem.

We look to you, O God, in our challenging times.

Help us to know that you are still with us

and that you will deliver us at the end of

the day. All glory and honor shall be unto you alone.

In Jesus' mighty name we pray with thanksgiving. Amen. Beloved,

remember that worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow.

It only empties today of a strength. As you go

throughout the day, make an intentional decision not to allow worry.

Enter your day and your life will be blessed and

peaceful in Jesus' mighty name. Shalom and have a blessed weekend.

God richly bless you.