Higher on the Hillside – Lent Meditation 22

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?

Jesus radically commands that aim our eyes upward onto Him instead of constantly focusing on our daily existence. Put your faith in the Father to know and care for your daily needs while you aim your sights on the things of the kingdom. He calls His followers to a higher way of living; to deny it is sin.

Have mercy on me, a sinner.

I fail over and over to lift my eyes. I often think my sacrifice on behalf of ministry is all that God calls me to do and it is often more than I can handle as a man. I think that until I look at the cross and know that it is a cup that I could never drink.