Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness

 

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Inilah Injil Suci menurut Matius (6:24-34)

    "Janganlah khawatir akan hari esok."

Dalam khotbah di bukit, berkatalah Yesus, “Tak seorang pun dapat mengabdi kepada dua tuan. Karena jika demikian, ia akan membenci yang seorang dan mengasihi yang lain, atau ia akan setia kepada yang seorang dan tidak mengindahkan yang lain. Kalian tidak dapat mengabdi kepada Allah dan kepada Mamon. 

Karena itu Aku berkata kepadamu: Janganlah kuatir akan hidupmu, apa yang hendak kalian makan atau minum, dan janganlah kuatir pula akan tubuhmu, apa yang hendak kalian pakai. Bukankah hidup itu lebih penting daripada makanan, dan tubuh itu lebih penting daripada pakaian? 

Pandanglah burung-burung di langit, yang tidak menabur dan tidak menuai, dan tidak mengumpulkan bekal dalam lumbung, toh diberi makan oleh Bapamu yang di surga. Bukankah kalian jauh melebihi burung-burung itu? Siapakah di antara kalian yang karena kekuatirannya dapat menambahkan sehasta saja pada jalan hidupnya? 

Dan mengapakah kalian kuatir akan pakaian? Perhatikanlah bunga bakung di ladang, yang tumbuh tanpa bekerja dan tanpa memintal. Namun Aku berkata kepadamu, Salomo dalam segala kemegahannya pun tidak berpakaian seindah salah satu dari bunga itu. 

Jadi jika demikian Allah mendandani rumput di ladang, yang hari ini ada dan esok dibunag ke dalam api, tidakkah Ia akan lebih lagi mendandani kalian, hai orang yang kurang percaya? 

Maka janganlah kalian kuatir dan berkata, ‘Apakah yang akan kami makan? Apakah yang akan kami minum? Apakah yang akan kami pakai? Semua itu dicari bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengenal Allah. 

Akan tetapi Bapamu yang di surga tahu, bahwa kalian memerlukan semuanya itu. Maka carilah dahulu Kerajaan Allah dan kebenarannya, maka semuanya itu akan ditambahkan kepadamu. Sebab itu janganlah kalian kuatir akan hari esok, karena hari esok mempunyai kesusahannya sendiri. Kesusahan sehari cukuplah untuk sehari.

Matthew 6:24-34

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. 

You cannot serve both God and money. “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 than food, and the body more than clothes? 

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Reflection:

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 

Being free from worry about our daily needs and our lives requires a brave heart and strong faith. It is a challenge for every believer. Great blessings await those who overcome this challenge, yet only a few truly live in such trust.

God asks us to do something that seems simple: "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness."

What are His Kingdom and His righteousness?

• His Kingdom is already at work among believers through the Holy Spirit and the transforming power of the Gospel.

• His righteousness is the character of those who belong to His Kingdom. It means living according to God's will, reflecting His holiness, justice, and love.

Are we ready to be free from worry? Let us seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, trusting that God knows our needs and will faithfully provide for us.