Pastor Reid Olson of Crossroads Church of Greeley teaches on Matthew 6:25-34.
Jesus tells us not to worry, but to pray. How often do you let worry consume your thinking and paralyze your forward motion? Do you let the little things become big things in your life, and stop you from enjoying God’s process in your life? Do you know how to pray, how to stop worry and how to enjoy the process of maturity? Someone told me they feel like they are sitting in the back seat of God’s station wagon asking, “Are we there, yet?”
When the Spirit of God acts in a way that seems contrary to our human expectations, does the character of God come into question? Humanity has seemed to lose respect for God’s perfect holiness. We have the option to choose life, or choose death. When Peter & John were imprisoned for preaching, an angel of the Lord released them from prison only to tell them to continue to preach about this new life. Death on the front end of Acts 5, and new life at the closing. Which will you choose? Choose life, there is more blessing that way.
Acts chapter 4 is about the beginning of trouble for the disciples. They perform a healing at the temple, and begin speaking about the resurrection. The religious authorities, the Sanhedrin, resist the Kingdom of God moving out through the Church. They tell Peter & John to stop proclaiming the name of Jesus. Peter & John resist. How do you share your faith with others? Will your faith story tell others about Jesus?
Comparison is a killer. It kills your joy, it kills relationships, it kills marriages, it kills your purposes in the world. Why? Comparison is an open admission to God that you’re not happy with who He made you to be, and you wish you were like someone else. There may be something called healthy competition, or challenge to grow stronger, but the negative side of challenge is comparison. Don’t compare yourself to others, it leads only to pride, or to resentment.
Reid A Olson
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