Devotionals
                              The Birds the Lilies and You
 
Matthew  6: 25-26
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
than raiment? 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?
The Birds
The ravens , the birds, they don't go to work for a living, and they do not have food shelves nor store houses nor , barns where they keep their food. They have no refrigerators ,nor cabinets to store food.  But instead , they rely solely on God to feed them.  And God feeds every single bird in the entire world: And if one of them falls to the ground and dies,  God knows this.   
The Lilies
Jesus said:   Consider the Lillie’s, how they grow, they toil not, they spin not, and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  Like the birds of the air, the Lillie’s are beautifully arrayed:  They do not work for a living.  They do not live long either. Some Lillie’s live for only a week and some can live up to a month:  The lilies have nothing to offer God.  Nevertheless, God still takes care of them:  God feeds them,  and God clothes them, and he clothes them beautifully at that.   Even if they are gone tomorrow, God still takes care of them. 
The effects of worrying.
Matthew  6: 27.Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
As Jesus said  ,worrying doesn't add  a cubit to our stature. That means it does not make us grow:  Worrying instead , puts fears in us,  worrying puts doubts about God in us:  It decreases our faith.  It stresses us out :  And it is overall, not good for your health.   
You 
Jesus told his disciples, not to worry about what they were going to eat, not to worry about food nor clothes.  He said life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. The Lord warns us against worrying , living in fear, nor taking thought on any of these things.  God is more than able to provide.  And he wants us to trust in him , for everything.
Don’t worry about it!  Don’t stress out about it!  Don’t have doubt.!  Don’t lose sleep!  Relax!  Let it go!  He will take care of everything. Like Jesus said, Your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things .
                                                                                                                                                       --- Pastor Anita