What Are We Really Looking For? Matthew 6:31-33
OT Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8 NT Reading: Philippians 4:6-7 “So do not start worrying: Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes? (These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things. Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things." (Matthew 6:31-33, The Pew Bibles at City Light are GNT.) The word ‘ so’ in our version is the same as the word ‘therefore’ in other translations, as in “Hmmm... What is this word THERE FOR?” To find out, we will look at the larger context of the passage. These verses are part of the Sermon on the Mount which begins in chapter 5, “Jesus saw the crowds and went up a hill, where he sat down. His disciples gathered around him, and he began to teach them,” and ends at Matthew 7:28-29, “When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowd was amazed at the way he t