Luke 12:29 And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be you of doubtful mind. Perhaps I am speaking to some child of poverty. I remember a beautiful story applicable to you. The late Lady Huntingdon, passing by a low, mean-looking cottage one day, heard a faint, soft sound inside, and drew up to the door, when she heard a voice uttering these words, "O my God, I thank Thee that I have all this — the Lord Jesus now and heaven at last." Thought the listener, what can this mean? Curiosity is strong; and giving the door a little touch, she saw an aged one — a poor woman, eighty years of age — with a pitcher of water and a crust, and her hands raised in the attitude of thanksgiving, and her words were, "O Lord, I thank Thee that I have all this, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and heaven at last." Rest in His word. "My God shall supply all your need." Oh, sweet the scant supply where there is a confiding, joyous heart! Birds of song sing as merrily just before their breakfast, though they don't know where it is to come from, as they do when they have got it. And the God who watches over the bird will not neglect you. "Lacked ye anything?" said the Lord to the seventy, who had been sent out without any worldly emoluments; and they answered, "No, Lord." Many a saint at the close of his pilgrimage can say the same; can say, "Notwithstanding all the vicissitudes and changes and losses that I have endured, God has given me food and raiment, and I have, not wanting much, wanted for nothing." (J. Denham Smith.) Parallel Verses KJV: And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.WEB: Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. |
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