This week, our reading is The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6.
Jesus continues with the Sermon on the Mount, basically explaining that what we do, we should do for God, not for man.
He tells us how to give quietly, without seeking approval from others, and that our reward will come instead in His eyes. And when we pray, keep in mind the same thing.
And then, He tells us how to pray, giving us the words to The Lord’s Prayer.
He tells us to fast without complaint or for praise.
Then he explains that the things we accumulate here on earth are all temporary, so we should collect future rewards — or crowns — in heaven where they will be eternal.
This is the passage where the saying, “You cannot serve two masters.” He teaches us that we have to pick whether we worship money and possessions or worship God.
In the final part of this chapter, He teaches us that we don’t need to worry about worldly things. This is helpful for anxiety.
This is a lot of teaching, and it is about how to comport ourselves here on earth and how to keep our minds free of anxiety and our eyes on the prize.
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