“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?” Matthew 6:26

I am by nature a planner. To make the most efficient use of my time, I don’t want to plan just the day. I want to plan the next week, the coming month, the whole year…you get the picture! I want to make sure that the resources are lined up for our family. That often leads to much calculating and figuring out how to save enough or make finances stretch far enough.

It’s humbling to look at God’s creation and see that the flowers do nothing to provide for themselves, and yet He clothes them wondrously. The birds don’t know one day from the next, but God cares for them. Friend, you are so dear to your heavenly Father that He takes great joy in providing for your needs, too.

Jesus intentionally taught us to pray, “give us today our daily bread” in Matthew 6. Not only do we not know what tomorrow holds, but we are not even guaranteed a tomorrow. God knows the numbers of our days (see Psalm 139:16). I can wisely use my planner, I can budget my resources. But ultimately I look to the One who is in control of it all.

Insight: Bring your specific needs before God before sharing about it with anyone else. See how He provides beyond what you had imagined!