Prove Faithful.

My bible study today was about faithfulness. It taught me so much and I hope it will teach y'all as well. This is the verse that the chapter was based on. It is so true. How do you prove faithful?

"Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful."
~ 1 Corinthians 4:2

Last Sunday, Mary Kathryn talked about what God was doing in her life and she was just saying that she felt God was really calling her to do everything for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Everything. Not just some things, things we feel like, but truly and honestly everything should be for the Lord's glory. It is so hard to take that verse literally. That doesn't mean once you have your quiet time you can just be done with God for the day. That means that you should worship God in everything you do. We should consciously think about living our life for the glory of God. Whether it be hanging out with friends, watching a movie, doing school work, or doing your Bible study, it needs to be for the glory of GOD alone! God's word tells us that when we honor him, we will be blessed (Proverbs 3:7-12). In Matthew 25, it talks about Jesus' return. We are commanded not to go back for our earthly possessions, but to worry only about the Lord. When he returns, he will come to us like "swift lightening"! But we have to be ready and to worry about the Lord and the Lord only. God cares so much about us. Its insane. Like we have no idea how much God loves us! This passage is overwhelming if you really think about it. God cares so much about the lilies in the field. If God cares about a flower, we can not even imagine how much he cares about us!

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
~Matthew 6:25-34

Why do we worry about our clothes and our food? God provides. He has a plan for our life and he WILL work our each and every detail! I am terrible about worrying. I worry about the stupidest things. Why can I not trust God to provide. I know he will, but I don't always believe it. I challenge you, and myself as well, to trust God to provide and not to worry about the little things in life that don't matter. God has your life in his hands; he has everything in control! One of the questions in my Bible study book was: "Think about your own life; look at your actions and habits. What do you seek first? What's most important to you?". This question was such a challenge. I want the answer to be God all the time. But, if I'm completely honest, I know that's not true all the time. God certainly is most important in my life sometimes. But, then there are times that other things wrongly take his place. If you are honest with yourself, I know that the same is true in your life. Sometimes my friends take place over God. Sometimes activities. Sometimes family. Sometimes facebook. God has blessed us with so much, but he is still the most important. I pray that we would all try harder to seek him first ALL the time in our daily lives. I feel like when we don't spend our quiet time with the Lord, we try to justify ourselves and make excuses. But God doesn't want our excuses. He wants our time. He is our Savior. We owe him so much. The least we can do is spend time worshiping him. Our creator. He deserves it. In 1 Timothy 4:12, Paul writes, "Don't let anyone look down on you, because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity." By just living a Godly life, and seeking HIM first, we can be such an example to the world. We can teach others about Christ. He has called us to be his disciples. What an amazing role we are given. All it takes is faith. We must be faithful to the Lord. Our journey with him is not always easy, but we learn so much and we can help lead so many others to him by being an example. God is ever faithful to us, we should be to him also.