Filed under: In God's Country
One of the things that I enjoy most about hunting is the opportunity that I get to observe God’s creation in it’s many and rare forms. I can’t tell how many hours of enjoyment I received just from watching squirrels play or from birds at work building a nest. With all of the challenges that nature presents to these creatures, I’ve often wondered, “How do these animals make it on a day to day basis?” I sometimes ask the same question of myself. Whether it’s the challenges of the workplace or financial or whatever, I can’t help but ask myself, “How am I going to make it?” Some folks would call this ‘worry’. It’s in those times that I’m reminded of this passage from the Bible:
25″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? 26Look 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? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
~Matthew 6:25-27, 33-34
The fact is that God values us more than any other part of His creation. If God is providing shelter for the squirrels through the harshness of winter or food for the sparrows during the hottest parts of summer, then how much more is He going to take care of his people, whom He values above the rest of His creation? The next time you find yourself in a position that is causing worry or anxiety, think about the last time you were out in the woods. God is taking care of everything out there. He’s going to take care of you too.