Scripture Insight: Matthew 6: 24-34

Matthew 6: 24-34
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 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?

26 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?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 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?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Discussion
My wife and I are at a transitional point in our family lives. We are trying the determine the direction we want to go in which could be a different career choice for me or possibly continued graduate schools to obtain my doctoral degree. There's also the question of when to have baby #3 to grow our family.

A source of great frustration for us has been waiting to hear back from the various grad programs I applied to. We should have heard something by now. We know that we will hear something either way so since we haven't received any rejection notices, no news is still good news at this point. But that doesn't change the fact that its frustrating and feels like we're just spinning out wheels waiting for something to happen.

That's when I remembered this particular passage of scripture and the counsel provided to the early apostles. It's comforting to know that Heavenly Father is aware of what is going on (verse 32) and we should trust in him. Focus on today. Focus on HIM. Indeed, it wasn't until I sat down to read the scripture again that I noted that verse 24 was a part of the passage. I don't recall ever associating the whole serving 2 masters as part of this topic and saw it as two separate items.

Upon further reflection though, the two do go hand-in-hand. My wife are so wrapped in our temporal endeavors and what to do they we lost sight of what's most important. We need to seek first the kingdom of God as suggested by verse 33. Everything will fall into place after that.