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Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 7 a.m.

Welcome to Day 2110 of\xa0 Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nSermon on the Mount 8 \u2013 A Christian\u2019s Ambition: Not Material Security, But God\u2019s Rule \u2013 Daily Wisdom\n

Putnam Church Message \u2013 07/04/2021

\n\nSermon on the Mount \u2013 A Christian\u2019s Ambition: Biblical Priorities Result in Freedom From Worry\nMatthew 6:19-34\xa0\xa0\n\nTeaching about Money, Possessions, and Worry\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.\xa0 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be."\n\n\xa0\u201cYour eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light.\xa0\xa0But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!"\n\n\xa0\u201cNo one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money."\n\n\xa0\u201cThat is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life\u2014whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn\u2019t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?\xa0\xa0Look at the birds. They don\u2019t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren\u2019t you far more valuable to him than they are?\xa0\xa0Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?"\n\n\xa0\u201cAnd why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don\u2019t work or make their clothing,\xa0\xa0yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.\xa0\xa0And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?"\n\n\xa0\u201cSo don\u2019t worry about these things, saying, \u2018What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?\u2019\xa0\xa0These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.\xa0\xa0Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need."\n\n\xa0\u201cSo don\u2019t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today\u2019s trouble is enough for today."\n\nIn the first half of Matthew 6 (1\u201318), Jesus describes the Christian\u2019s private life \u201cin the secret place\u201d (giving, praying, fasting); in the second half (19\u201334), he is concerned with our public business in the world (questions of money, possessions, food, drink, clothing and ambition). The same contrast could be expressed regarding our \u201creligious\u201d and \u201csecular\u201d responsibilities. This distinction is false, because we cannot separate these into water-tight compartments. Indeed, the separation of the sacred from the secular in church history has been disastrous. If we are Christians, citizens of God\u2019s kingdom,...