Life is more than Food

Life is Better than Food

The life is more than meat, and the body than raiment. -Jesus Christ Luke 12:23

The course that many follow in life is such that had already defined a reason for living.

The general predominant focus is to be self sustainable and less dependent when it comes to sustainability.

In our present day, affordability has become what everyone lives for. We grow our children to be independent and to be able to feed, cloth and cater for themselves and to afford all sorts of toys and luxuries as they grow up.

Some will even go further to pursue significance bordering on recognition, popularity and influence but that too soon gets a clog at the wheel if it doesn't come with financial affluence.

Now I've mentioned it! Financial affluence!

To many that's all life is about. It does not matter how it comes, it is what commands affordability and freedom and ordinarily you cannot fault that...

Ordinarily you cannot fault that until you heard Jesus saying life is more than food and the body is more than raiment!

Life is sure more than appetites that sustains it and the body more than what covers it, raiment, housing, and is societal acceptability.

Jesus said somewhere else, that a person's life doesn't consist in the abundance of his possessions.

Meanwhile, these are what the majority of us believe life means.

And if we say we have problems, this possessive mentality is what serves as steward to present our minds with that sense of trouble.

The meaning of life is defined to the majority by what we have. And that keeps us on the run to nowhere!

When apostle Paul said we should be content with having food and raiment instead of pursuing being rich and if we'll add godliness to that, we make great gain, many would have none of such 'crap' because it's practically impossible! 1Tim 6:6-12

But what we need to understand from what Jesus and His apostle said is that everything including food and raiment falls into the responsibility of godliness!

Because what we do in the body, the business and other activities we engage in physically to sustain us would only profit little, meanwhile godliness has a promise of this life that now is and that which is to come....1Timothy 4:8

Godliness is therefore a good bargain. Jesus said seek the kingdom and His righteousness and those things including food and raiment will be added....Matthew 6:33

When we disobey this rule, we replace contentment with dissatisfaction, covetousness and greed set in and the root of evil is established to produce trouble as its fruit. 1Timothy 6:9&10

Dissatisfaction breeds anxiety and anxiety breeds unhappiness and depression, depression can become a deadly issue!

Jesus said, take no thoughts for what to eat and to drink....

It means dissatisfaction affects our mental state. Yet, dissatisfaction is an illusion. Anyone can be content with whatever he or she has otherwise the poor shouldn't have any chance of ever being happy! But look around, you'll see many many poorer but happier people than you!

Dissatisfaction isn't about what you don't have, even the richest men in the world may still not be satisfied or be content with what they have...if you can't be content with having food and raiment (which you shouldn't even worry about) having the whole world won't satisfy you!

So Jesus said, life is better than food and that's a lesson to learn. If you don't have food and you have life, the One who gave you life and made life dependent on food should be responsible.

If you don't have clothes but you have a body, the One who gave you the body and so created the need for clothing should be responsible.

And He is ever responsible and faithful even in providing much more than food and raiment!

If we'll pursue godliness instead of pursuing what we know nothing about, He will lead us by Himself to the stores where He kept what we would eat, drink and cloth our bodies with and it'll be better than all the troubles we get ourselves into trying to seek what we haven't kept!

Good morning!

The day has come with its benefits and our daily allocations and we shall not miss them in Jesus name!

Men of God,

This Friday 5th of the 6th Month of the year
By 10am

Is June's
Grace Missions International

Ministers' conference

@
20 Oloruntimilehin street
By Kemo Hospital
Off Mosan pipeline road
Federal (Shagari) Estate
Akinogun/Mosan
Ipaja Lagos

You are invited, you and your crew!

It's a good place to refresh and be mutually sharpened....we'll expect you!

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