Matthew 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?

One of the things that always interests me about man’s ability to rationalize is in how we base rationale not from our needs but from our desires. The reason I am bringing this verse to the forefront is the issue of God’s provisions. Man will look to the words sow, reap and gather as things they do not have to do to receive the favor of God since we are so much better.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Reading this verse correctly demands that you have a proper understanding of what God means in context as to what “all these things” means. Nowhere in the preceding verses does the scriptures address housing or transportation. The birds of the air makes nests for themselves by gathering natural resources and doing the work themselves. They can fly so they provide their own transportation.

Most of the conversations I have had with people over the years include shelter and transportation as items included in a long list of thing included in “all these things”. God did not promise a big house and a fast car. Man will by virtue of his nature add to list of basic provision be God said we are better.

God also said do not covet. These words of warning quickly follow the Lord’s Prayer. Do not covet or love money seen in passages about treasures of the heart. Be careful what you fix your eye upon, seen in passages about the eye being good or evil. We covet that which we look upon.

So man begins to build a list of things which he deserves not based on God’s provisions but on his own desires, his coveting. Like the bird of the air, he labors to go out and build that house and buy those things which he covets and believes he deserves. But God did not promise them.

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then praise God for His provisions.

He has given you His righteousness by faith. Is there anything more precious?