Everybody else does it!

My, the reading today (Luke 12:22-34) sinks way down in my need and maybe yours. It is wonderful how our Lord does not beat around the bush. Take in verse 29; "And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. "

So what is the remedy for our fear laden "will we have enough" thinking? After all everybody else is doing it ("all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek"). And what does "seeking His kingdom" mean anyway?

Well, part of the search just turns us inside out. It is not how hard we can work to accumulate and earn this kingdom. (He has already chosen to gladly give it to us.) We see that verse 34 is the jewel, the tip off to true treasure. It tell us that as we give (even if nobody appreciates it), we accumulate the real security, because generosity frees our heart to go back to its Source, it's true desire in heaven. Generosity is a Christian's free ticket into the kingdom of heavenly living. We can afford to be very generous, because we are abandoned to the Source and Provider of very need.