What will we do with this feeling of defiance? We can add sobriety to our decision-making by answering the question: “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?” The obvious answer is that none of us can. The truth is, when we do “take thought” for the things of this world, we are doing for ourselves what our God wants to do for us.Q 3. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?Matthew 6:27, Luke 12:24-38 (Combined) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body more than raiment? Behold the ravens and 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? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Without a doubt, to carry out the advice in this passage is difficult. If you are like me, you feel a sense of disobedience as you read these words. I want to live in that elusive place of love and plentitude and pick the fruit of God’s providence as I stroll through this life without a care, yet, in defiance of YHVH’s command, I fall dreadfully short of my desire. What will we do with this feeling of defiance? We can add sobriety to our decision-making by answering the question: “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?” The obvious answer is that none of us can. The truth is, when we do “take thought” for the things of this world, we are doing for ourselves what our God wants to do for us. It is His desire to be in daily communion with His children. Since the beginning, when He walked with Adam in the cool of the day, He has missed this fellowship with man. Listen, as He speaks in Isaiah 1:2-3, “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.” The owner and crib are symbols of care and feeding, the very things of which we are admonished to beware not to become the agents of acquisition. Notice that this particular Scripture is not speaking of preparation for disaster or disease or mayhem, it is speaking only of the daily things – those things that demand our attention three times a day. Three times a day we could be reminded to commune with God and three times a day we could thank Him truly for the food provided. Unfortunately however, because we provide our own food, our “thanks” or “blessing” said at mealtime has become a hollow act of ritual if compared to one that we would offer over food known to be provided by God alone. We can almost hear in the song of the birds every morning, “Give us day by day our daily bread” and “Thank you” as they find and gather for themselves and their young. We must live in God’s pleasure to be able to have this kind of confidence in His...

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