Seven Days with Scripture
Day 2 · Attend to today
Trust · Matthew 6:25–34
Allow about ten minutes. Read slowly, pause, and return whenever you are ready.
Read · Matthew 6:25–34
Within the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus turns His hearers toward the Father’s care and the kingdom’s priority. He names ordinary needs—food, drink, clothing—and asks them to attend to today.
6:25 Therefore I tell you: do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?
6:26 Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow or reap or gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?
6:27 Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his lifespan?
6:28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin.
6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
6:30 If God so clothes the grass of the field, which exists today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, people of little faith?
6:31 So do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
6:32 For the nations seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
6:33 But seek first the kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
6:34 So do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Read the passage in its full chapter · Saints Translation, reading edition. These New Testament readings follow the site’s declared SBL Greek New Testament base; source and editorial qualifications remain in force.
Reflect
Editorial reflection
Jesus directs attention to birds and flowers, then speaks of the Father who knows human need. This is an invitation to trust amid real necessities. The passage does not pretend that tomorrow is effortless: its final sentence acknowledges today’s trouble. Seeking the kingdom gives our work and care a direction. As you read, distinguish a practical responsibility you can meet today from a future outcome you cannot control. Let the Father’s care move you toward a faithful action, including receiving help or sharing what you have. The beauty Jesus names can become a moment of attention within that ordinary day.
Pause with Saints Journey
Look carefully at the photograph before returning to Matthew 6:26. What do you notice when you give a living creature your undivided attention?
This contemplative connection is newly written for the reading series. It offers a way to attend to the passage alongside Vincent’s photograph; it does not describe his personal experience of taking it.
Pray
Newly composed prayer
Heavenly Father, You know what I need. Turn my attention toward Your kingdom and teach me to receive this day. Give me wisdom for its responsibilities, gratitude for its gifts, and generosity toward those whose needs I can help meet. Amen.
Consider
What is one responsibility for today, and what am I trying to carry before its time?
Respond
Spend a few minutes attending to a bird, a plant, or the sky. Then take one practical step toward today’s responsibility or another person’s need.
Continue in context
Return to Matthew 6 in full, where prayer, generosity, treasure, and trust belong to the same teaching.
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