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For, as the Master tells us again, we really have nothing to do with the care of our own life. We have but one thing to do: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” The care of our life, then, is God’s, not ours: “and all these things shall be added unto you.” When soldiers enter the service of the country, they have nothing whatever to do with providing for their wants.
They are to be faithful soldiers, and the government looks after their needs. So it is with Christ’s followers. They devote their lives to Christ, and He cares for them. When, therefore, we grow anxious about food or raiment or shelter or safety, we are taking the care of our life out of our Father’s hands.
We should learn to put the emphasis upon duty, not upon care, for duty only is ours. We must be diligent and faithful. Nothing must be left undone. Nothing must be done out of harmony with God’s law of righteousness. We must never resort to dishonesty in thought or word or deed, in seeking to provide for our wants. No matter how great the necessity, how circled about with danger the way may be, how pressing the need, how impossible it may seem for help or relief to come, we must never turn aside a hair’s breadth from the course that is right. We must do ever whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are lovely, and somehow God will bless us and show us light.
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