Look Again and Consecrate

Matthew 6:30 (Amplified Bible)
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?


We make everything so complicated, when Jesus, just IS, He makes things very simple. How do we slow down and take time to understand the simplicity of God so that we can more easily connect with Him. We become more simple through the Holy Spirit, by obeying Him, taking time to fully give ourselves to Him, by seeing Him in everything and by always relying on Him in all areas of our life. Jesus wants us to contemplate this: "If God so clothes the grass of the field....will He not much more surely clothe you?" But we need to stay in tune with Him, stay on track and keep Him front in our relationship with Him. We tend to lose ground in our relationship with Him if we take matters into our own hands, and if we "let the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches come in", (Matthew 13:22). When this happens we forget about what is the best thing for us and we lose sight of the "much more" that God has for us.
Matthew 6:26 (Amplified Bible) Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? Birds are creatures of the air, relying on the instincts God placed within them, while He looks after them. He also has placed His Holy Spirit within us, to be our "instinct" and to help guide the way. If we will just stay in tune with Him and obey His commands, He will look after us as well.
Matthew 6:28 (Amplified Bible) And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. Lillies grow where God plants them; how many of us can say we grow where God plants us? Instead we think we know what is best and we wander around, never taking root anywhere. We need to just obey Him, take root, and He will take care of us. Did Christ lie to us in these verses? Are we experiencing the "much more" that is proclaimed there? If we aren't, then it is because we have chosen not to stay grounded in God and are letting the cares and worries of this world monopolize our thoughts. We need to stop wasting time on thoughtless things, and focus completely on God. We need to focus on consecrating ourselves. "Consecration is the act of continually separating myself from everything except that which God has appointed me to do. It is not a one-time experience but an ongoing process. Am I continually separating myself and looking to God every day of my life?"


(My Utmost for His Highest- Oswald Chambers)