Luke 12:29–31

God wants a relationship with us. He provided the way in Jesus.

A good Father provides for His children. We are those children not because of anything we do to deserve it but out of His agape love for His creation. 

Jesus is the only way to the Father. Seek Him and  find unmerited mercy and grace.

Micah 6:8

8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

The Lord's Prayer reminds us what the human heart needs every day: We need God, need to be forgiven and need to forgive. This is the daily cure to a heavy heart. Forgiveness is supposed to be as much a part of our daily lives as eating and sleeping.

We live in a day and time when being offended almost seems to go hand in hand with being alive. 

And as you and I make progress in this, there's also a distinction we must remember:

Feeling angry is different from living angry.

Feeling offended is different from living offended.

Feeling wronged is different from living wronged.

Feeling resentment is different from living resentful.

Jesus knew we'd have all these feelings, especially when there's so much unpredictability in our circumstances, our relationships and even our own emotions. So Jesus gives us the Lord's Prayer to pray each day, helping us get ahead of all we'll face today with confession and forgiveness. Oh, friend, the best time to forgive is before we are ever offended. The next best time to forgive is right now. Let's walk in the ways of our Savior today. First5 

Luke 12:29–31

29 “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. The New King James Version

The Lord knows our problems and will provide us with what we need. Since God will provide, there is no need for us to concentrate on mundane things such as food. This should not be our chief concern, but instead our first priority should be doing the will of God. The world pursues expensive food and luxurious clothing as ends in themselves. It has its heart set on things, without thinking of God and thanking Him for such pleasures. 

The materialistic world is like a group of passengers frantically scurrying to get the best deck chair on a sinking ship. When we are consumed with possessions, there can be little left in our heart for God. We can trust God to provide for us because God knows precisely what we need. The NKJV Study Bible

Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares. The arguments here used are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is the right way to get ease. As in our stature, so in our state, it is our wisdom to take it as it is. An eager, anxious pursuit of the things of this world, even necessary things, ill becomes the disciples of Christ. Fears must not prevail; when we frighten ourselves with thoughts of evil to come, and put ourselves upon needless cares how to avoid it. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

1 Kings 3:11 Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,

1 Kings 3:12 behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.

1 Kings 3:13 And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days.

1 Kings 3:14 So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.