FEBRUARY 12 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#03 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life… Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25)

 

FEBRUARY 12  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

  JQ#03  “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life…

Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” 

(Matthew 6:25)

LIVING FOR JESUS Daily Prayer    

JESUS, I’m feeling pretty “rough” with this “cold” but I thank You JESUS 

for strengthening me enough spiritually for me to get out and finish 

my physical jobs. (Authors 2021 NOTE: The Jesus Questions was Originally

 written on February29,2016 - I do NOT have the RONA!) Lord, I trust You 

in all things and certainly in physical sickness because You are the Great Physician!

 Lord, I place my “health” (both spiritual and physical) into Your 

Healing Hands, give me the courage to accept whatever TRUTH You

 have in store for me!    

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

JESUS not only Teaches us the “obvious” and “immediate” Truth of God 

with each Question/Lesson, yet, if we are observant and trusting enough, 

Jesus will reveal simple everyday Truths of God associated with each Lesson 

— but we must slow down and meditate on the Question to see 

the Big Picture of the Truth of God that Jesus by His Lifestyle and

 choice of Questions and the order in which He asks them, Teaches us

 that Deeper Truth of God that is not seen by just rolling down your

 window as you drive by the Truth while you are hurrying to get to the

 next “physical” thing in our day-to-day world. 

For instance, while writing this blog installment on JQ#03 I am experiencing

 one of the worst colds I can remember and it struck me as very apropos

 that as I am “enduring” the worst cold I can ever remember having in my life

 that I would be studying a section on “worry”!?! Jesus makes it perfectly clear

 that all our needs will be supplied by Jehovah-jireh the Great Provider 

with everything we need to eat and to wear but also we will be supplied with

 every “need” we have in our day-to-day lives to endure the physical world 

and this is done through God adjusting our “perception” of the world 

which is a “Deeper Truth of God” that we often miss — 

by God adjusting our “perception” (spiritual) and leaving the physical world

 as is, God proves the superiority of the “Spiritual” over the “physical”!!!

 Jesus uses His “Teaching Questions” in this section to make us understand

 that God didn’t just make us and toss us out on our own but that He is able

 to feed all His Creation and if God provides for “the birds of the air” then 

God Almighty will take care of Mankind 

whom God Created after His Own Image!! 

Jesus asks three Questions in a row that share the same TRUTH from different perspectives that leads to His fourth perspective of the same TRUTH and all 

these similar Questions work together to place our “Faith in God”

 center stage. Follow these (3) Questions: 

(Question 1) 

JQ#3b “Are you not of more value than [a bird]” 

(Matthew 6:26b) —

 

(Question 2) 

JQ#3c “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? (Matthew 6:27) —

 

(Question 3)

 JQ#3d “So why do you worry about clothing? 

(Matthew 6:28a) — 

Then Jesus wraps up the obvious by making us compare ourselves to the

 “wisest” man that ever lived, Solomon, who was given everything there was

 that could be possessed in the physical world and yet for all his wisdom and resources

 not even Solomon could array himself like God clothes the grass in the field! 

The scorching thing for me is that Jesus ends this section with

 

(Question 4) 

JQ#3e “…will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” 

(Matthew 6:30) 

Jesus wraps up with stating simply “do not worry” and especially “do not worry”

 over JQ#3 f, g, & h “what to eat”, “what to drink” or “what to wear” which

 are all physical things. Jesus then makes His Main Point for the

 Truth of God 

contained in this section with two statements: 

(TRUTH  OF GOD 1) 

“… the Heavenly Father KNOWS you need these things” 

(Matthew 6:32) 

and 

(TRUTH OF GOD 2) 

“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…” 

(Matthew 6:33-34a) 

So when I read this passage and answer the simple JESUS Questions, I find myself worrying less about my physical needs and concentrate on growing my

 “Spiritual muscle” — which can only be strengthened by exercising our 

“Faith in Jesus”!