A
friend of my Mom’s was a High School Home Ec Teacher and I distinctly remember
her telling my Mom, “You are wearing your clothes out washing them!” What?! I
was just a ten-year old kid. Living on the farm, we got dirty—so we washed our
clothes a lot and we were clean. We didn’t have the advantage that the
Israelites did with Moses during the Exodus. Their clothes and shoes didn’t wear
out. This is back to school time of the year and over the summer the kids have
grown and shoes are worn out—time for new clothes and shoes. Reminds me of
washing clothes and shoes on the farm.
Are your clothes or shoes
wearing out?
Maybe like the Israelites...
Our new heavenly ones will last...
Forever!
When
the Jews returned to Jerusalem after their Babylon captivity, and had a revival
of sorts after they rebuilt the city wall, they recalled that God took care of
them as they wandered in the desert. They knew their ancestors had clothes and
shoes that didn’t wear out when they traveled with Moses.
For forty years you sustained them
in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and
their feet did not swell! Nehemiah
9:21
Did the
children’s clothes seem to grow with them? That is not mentioned, but without
their clothes miraculously always fitting, imagine how frustrated the Moms could
have been trying to find or make clothes for their growing children. Certainly they
didn’t wear out from washing them.
Moses
summoned all the Israelites and said to them, "You have seen with your own
eyes everything the LORD did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his
servants and to his whole country -- all the great tests of strength, the
miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders. But to this day the LORD has not
given you minds that understand, nor eyes that see, nor ears that hear! For
forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did
not wear out. You ate no bread and drank no wine or other alcoholic drink, but
he gave you food so you would know that he is the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 29:2-6
Prayer
– Lord God, thank you that You always provide for us—food, clothing, and
shelter. Jesus, You told your disciples, and us, that everything we needed
would be provided…if we would seek You first. "So don't worry about these
things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?'
These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father
already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need. "So don't worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is
enough for today. Matthew 6:31-34.
Meditate.
Read God’s word and listen to what He is saying.
Verse
of Salvation ~ Now after John [the Baptist] was arrested and taken into
custody, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of [the kingdom of]
God, and saying, "The [appointed period of] time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand; repent [change your inner self--your old way of
thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance;
seek God's purpose for your life] and believe [with a deep, abiding trust] in
the good news [regarding salvation]." Mark 1:14-15 AMP
Are
you putting God first today?
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