Sunday blessings, friends! How can I pray for you this week? 🙏💗 Our economy is not in the best shape and daily provision has become a greater concern than it has been in many years. Times like these can test our faith and even cause us to view spiritual values as “frivolous” in light of practical demands. But Jesus understood these pressures all too well and urged his followers not to lose their sense of true priorities in the midst of them. Poverty abounded in Jesus’s day and daily provision was a real concern for many. While the Roman Empire brought luxuries previously unheard of like highways, trade routes, educational systems, indoor plumbing, and medical advances, most struggled to afford the hefty taxes that allowed for such conveniences. In fact, the majority of people within that society were enslaved and those who were free faced the constant threat of enslavement if their debts were left unpaid. Times may be hard now but not as hard as in Jesus’s day. Still, Jesus urged his followers to trust in God’s provision reminding them of how he feeds the birds who neither sow nor reap. “Are you not of much greater value than these?” (Matthew 6:26) More so than birds and flowers in the field, Jesus assures us that God watches over us and knows our daily needs. But more importantly, Jesus reminds us of the bigger role God has appointed us to play in his heavenly kingdom. “Is not life more than food and the body more than clothes?” There is a higher purpose we have all been created to serve in our time here. And if we remain faithful to those values, Jesus promises our more basic needs will be met as well. ✨ #SundayBlessings #prayerrequests #sundayscripture #seekyefirst #godsprovision #christianwriter #christianwritersofinstagram #christianwritingcommunity #cainspirations #kristicainbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CetI96kAJZn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
