Driving home from Austin late yesterday, I noticed that the Texas Bluebonnets are beginning to bloom along our highways just in time for Texas Independence Day, March 2. The sun was beginning to set as I approached Chappell Hill in Washington County and I was able to snap this photo of a field of Bluebonnets before it became too dark. Aren't they a beautiful sight? One of the first signs of spring in these parts! They come back year after year, with or without the help of the Texas Department of Transportation.
There's an epiphany in Bluebonnets! They remind me of what Jesus said as he was looking at some kind of flowers blooming along a roadside, "Can worry make you live longer? Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes. But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them. God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?" (Matthew 6:27-30 CEV)
Jesus used those flowers as a sermon illustration to say how God is "the source of all life and ground of our being." Christians believe that. We know that God deserves the credit for everything we have. Our anxiety about not having enough is probably a sign of our own unbelief. I wonder if we want to hedge our bets by accumulating more than we need just in case God doesn't provide for us after all.
But more importantly, I'm wondering if we, who live with abundance, have difficulty trusting God to provide for us, how is it for those who live in poverty? Is there something God wants us to do so that they too can believe Jesus' lesson from the flowers? Are there ways we can make it real for them? What are your thoughts?
Leave a Reply