What Do You Entrust to the Father?

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matt. 6:31-33.

“For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” In other words, we don’t need to tell Him about it. He also knows how much we need. Do you trust Him to care for you? Whatever we are interested in fills our minds and forms our personality. We read about the “earthly” and the “heavenly.” 1 Cor. 15:48. Jesus says that the Gentiles seek the things that are for the body. They are earthly. If we are to become heavenly, we have to give that up and be finished with it. Jesus says it is not necessary for us to be interested in the earthly either, because our heavenly Father knows that we need it. Then we could also say, “Doesn’t He also know that we need the heavenly?” Of course, He knows it much better than we know it ourselves. However, He cannot give it to us unless we are interested in it, because only then will it become our personality—so that we become heavenly. We cannot seek both parts. We must give up the earthly and be interested in only the heavenly if we are to be among “those who are heavenly.” If we do this, we have the promise that the Father will care for the material things we need. We must entrust Him with that. We must have this confidence in Him that He knows what we need and that He is also able to give it to us. Regardless of the times, He has the authority to do it. If we do not trust Him to do this, we are unable to forsake all earthly things, and we cannot be Jesus’ disciple. Luke 14:33.

The Gentiles seek more than food and clothing; they also seek signs and wonders from their witch doctors. Religious people, too, seek the same things, but we are exhorted to give our bodies to God as a living, acceptable sacrifice. Do we then trust Him to care for our body? If we do, our body has to be a sacrifice. Most people enjoy their bodies—their passions and desires. Then they cannot entrust it to the Father to care for it. However, if we have given our body as a sacrifice, we can also trust Him to care for us. Then it will be He who shall use it. Rom. 6:13. If He can afford to put our body on a sick bed for our further training, then we should be able to afford it. If we first seek God’s kingdom and His righteousness, we will also become more useful to Him in the ministry, and He will give our body the strength it needs in order to do what He wants to use it for. We must trust Him to do that. In this confidence and devotion to Him we enter into rest from all anxiety and all unrest concerning earthly things.