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Do you feed the birds? Did God tell you to?
Matthew 6:26-27 ”Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
When we make our choices in life, it would seem that feeding the birds would be a good one. After all, what comes from providing them with an unnatural food source is what allows us to come close to their beauty and songs.
In the reality of things, God feeds the birds. The most natural way of doing things is always His way. It is when, we, with our money, think we know better than God, and provide in a unnatural way, that things get out of line with God’s will. If you have seed, put it in the ground and watch God provide for them in a natural way, that never ends.
The seeds we provide for the birds is what takes God’s glory and places it on us? The seeds we plant, and produce a harvest, keeps the glory where it belongs, with God.
The Scriptures say God’s word is seed.
Can you find a Scripture that says money is equal to God’s Word, so you can call it seed as well?
Is it wrong then to feed the birds so they might perch near your window and you can admire God’s handiwork?
In this message, I am trying to say so much more than, is it ok to feed the birds. Our religious society today is a bird feeding society. We take our riches and call them God’s will. We provide in an unnatural way, and we have built an enviroment that without riches is useless. So instead of teaching God’s word, and giving understanding and allowing God’s children a kingdom that they can conquer, in Jesus name, we enforce that with out money, it is impossible to please God. In actually it is faith that pleases God, and Ceasar gets all the credit for the riches. It is riches that is taking the place of faith, and the name of Jesus, even the good and perfect gift that is still there, is denied, as we rush in with riches and take God’s glory as if we know better. And in doing so the world pays a price that God is getting blamed for, when there is no healing and poverty and deception run wild.
It was not silver and gold that Peter and John offered the lame man at the gate of the temple. It was healing. The man was looking for a hand out and had been settling for money instead of God’s best. In todays society instead of teaching God’s best we teach money is what has all the power. It is the most unnatural gift that robs us of practicing faith that pleases God.
What comes from planted seed is a miracle that we could not explain. But with money we can purchase what comes from that miracle and call it God.
What comes from God’s word planted in good ground is a miracle that we hardly ever get to see, because we use money to take its place. So many people today are willing to settle for the hand out than the true miracle that comes from God, such as a healing.
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