TRUST DEEPLY
A 6-Day Devotional from Matthew 6:25–30
He will certainly care for you.
New Direction Community Church
Pastor Ronderick Henry
HOW TO USE THIS DEVOTIONAL
Set aside 10 to 15 minutes each day. Read the passage, read the reflection, and answer the question honestly. Each day ends with one step, not a list. Do that one thing.
Every day lands on the same truth from Matthew 6:30. Say it out loud until you believe it in your chest, not just your head:
He will certainly care for you. So trust God deeply.
DAY 1
Same Ceiling
Read: Matthew 6:25–30
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life.” (Matthew 6:25, NLT)
It’s 2:47 in the morning. The house is quiet, and everybody is asleep except you. You didn’t set an alarm. Your mind did.
Maybe it’s rent. Maybe it’s retirement. Maybe it’s a son whose location has been off since ten, a grandbaby you’re raising, a marriage gone quiet, or a phone full of people who seem further along than you. Different ages. Different zip codes. Same ceiling.
Here’s what most of us won’t say out loud: we think worry means we’re responsible. If I stop worrying, it must mean I stopped caring. But worry will keep you up all night and still not have an answer by morning. It doesn’t pay the bill. It doesn’t fix the car. It just steals your sleep and comes back the next night.
Jesus spoke these words to day laborers, fishermen, and farmers. People who got paid at sundown and spent it by sunrise. They knew 2:47 in the morning. And Jesus told them not to worry, not because their problems weren’t real, but because their Father was.
Many of us know the verses. But at 2:47, the verse is in your head and the worry is in your chest. You can know about God and still not trust God. This week is about moving that truth from your head to your chest.
SCRIPTURE TO HOLD
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe.” (Psalm 4:8, NLT)
REFLECT
What is your 2:47? What is the one thing that plays on repeat when the house gets quiet?
TODAY’S STEP
Write down the one thing you’re worrying about most right now. Just one. Keep that paper with you this week.
PRAY
Father, You know what keeps me up at night. I don’t want to just know about You. I want to trust You. Meet me at my 2:47. In Jesus’ name, amen.
He will certainly care for you.
DAY 2
Life Is More Than Food
Read: Matthew 6:24–25
“Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25, NLT)
Verse 25 begins with three words we skip too fast: “That is why.” Jesus had just said, “You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money” (Matthew 6:24). Worry is what happens when money is trying to be your master.
The word Jesus uses for worry means to be anxious, to be pulled apart by concern. And the word for life is psychē: the condition of being alive, your very life itself.
Here is Jesus’ logic. Who gave you your life? You didn’t earn your first breath. You didn’t schedule your heartbeat this morning. God gave you the life. Food and clothing only keep it going. If He gave you the bigger gift, He can handle the smaller one.
Or, to put it simply: if God gave you the life, He can handle the lunch.
Worry flips the order. It makes the groceries feel bigger than the Giver. Today, put things back in their right order.
SCRIPTURE TO HOLD
“No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.” (Matthew 6:24, NLT)
REFLECT
Where has worry about money, food, or bills started acting like your master?
TODAY’S STEP
Before each meal today, pause and thank God for your life before you thank Him for your food.
PRAY
Lord, You gave me my life. You can handle what it takes to keep it going. Take the throne back from my worry and my wallet. In Jesus’ name, amen.
He will certainly care for you.
DAY 3
Look at the Birds
Read: Matthew 6:26; Genesis 1:26–27
“Look at the birds… your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?” (Matthew 6:26, NLT)
Jesus doesn’t just tell us to stop worrying. He tells us to look. Look at the birds.
Birds don’t plant. They don’t harvest. They don’t stock a barn or fill a deep freezer. And yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Every morning, every one of them.
Then Jesus asks a question: aren’t you far more valuable to Him than they are? Some of us are quietly asking, “Does God even notice me?” Jesus answers with a bird.
Go back to Genesis 1. God made human beings in His own image, and He gave them authority over the birds of the sky. Think about that. God feeds the creatures He placed under your care. How much more will He care for you?
If He feeds what He placed under you, He will feed you. Your worth was not assigned by your bank account, your job title, or your follower count. It was stamped on you by the God whose image you carry.
SCRIPTURE TO HOLD
“So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27, NLT)
REFLECT
Where have you been measuring your value by something other than God’s image in you?
TODAY’S STEP
Step outside today and actually look at the birds for two minutes. Every time you see one this week, say, “He will certainly care for me.”
PRAY
Father, You feed the birds, and You call me more valuable than they are. Help me believe it when I’m tempted to feel unseen. In Jesus’ name, amen.
He will certainly care for you.
DAY 4
Add a Single Moment
Read: Matthew 6:27; Psalm 139:13–16
“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” (Matthew 6:27, NLT)
Jesus asks another question, and this one is almost funny. Go ahead. Worry your way into one extra minute. We’ll wait.
Nobody has ever done it. Not one person in history has added a single moment to their life by worrying. Worry has never added one minute. It only takes them.
Think about the hours worry has already taken from you. Hours awake at night. Hours replaying a conversation. Hours refreshing the banking app, as if the number might change. That time didn’t buy you anything. It just cost you.
Psalm 139 tells us something better: every day of your life was recorded in God’s book before a single one of them happened. Your days are not held together by your anxiety. They are held in His hands.
Worry says, “If I don’t hold it all together, it will fall apart.” Jesus says, “You were never the one holding it together.”
SCRIPTURE TO HOLD
“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” (Psalm 139:16, NLT)
REFLECT
What has worry taken from you this week: sleep, peace, joy, time with people you love?
TODAY’S STEP
The next time you reach for your phone to check the thing you’re worried about, stop and pray before you look.
PRAY
Lord, my worry has never added a moment to my life. You hold every one of my days. I give You back the minutes worry has been stealing. In Jesus’ name, amen.
He will certainly care for you.
DAY 5
Look at the Lilies
Read: Matthew 6:28–29; 1 Kings 10:4–7
“Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow… yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.” (Matthew 6:28–29, NLT)
Jesus tells us to look again. This time, at the lilies.
Lilies don’t work. They don’t sew. They don’t shop. And yet Jesus says King Solomon, the richest and most splendidly dressed king in Israel’s history, never looked as good as a wildflower. When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon’s court, she was overwhelmed. She said she hadn’t heard the half of it. And Jesus says the lilies still outdress him.
Here’s where it gets personal. A lot of our worry about clothing isn’t really about clothing. It’s about acceptance. We think if we have the right name brand, we’ll be in style, and if we’re in style, people will accept us.
But God dressed the flowers better than a king. You are not His afterthought. You don’t have to buy your way into being seen. The One who clothes the field already sees you.
People judge by what’s on the outside. God looks at the heart. You can rest in that.
SCRIPTURE TO HOLD
“People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7, NLT)
REFLECT
Where are you trying to earn acceptance by how you look, what you drive, or what you wear?
TODAY’S STEP
As you get dressed today, pray: “Lord, You clothe the lilies. I am dressed in Your care, and that is enough.”
PRAY
Father, You dressed the flowers better than a king. Free me from needing the approval of people. I am not Your afterthought. In Jesus’ name, amen.
He will certainly care for you.
DAY 6
Why So Little Faith?
Read: Matthew 6:30; Romans 8:31–32
“And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?” (Matthew 6:30, NLT)
Everything this week has been leading here.
Wildflowers are beautiful today and thrown into the fire tomorrow. If God cares that wonderfully for something that temporary, Jesus says, He will certainly care for you. Not maybe. Not if you earn it. Certainly.
Then Jesus names the real problem: “Why do you have so little faith?” The issue isn’t too many problems. It’s too little faith. Little faith doesn’t mean no faith. It means a weak trust, a thin reliance on the Father who has already proven He cares.
And He has proven it. Romans 8 says God did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all. If God already gave you Jesus, He will not abandon you over rent, a doctor’s report, or a quiet marriage. The cross settled the question of whether God cares.
So here is the one thing to do. Pull out the paper from Day 1. Name the one thing you’re worrying about. Say it out loud to God, and hand it over. If your faith feels small, pray what one father prayed to Jesus: “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24).
He will certainly care for you. So trust God deeply.
SCRIPTURE TO HOLD
“Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?” (Romans 8:32, NLT)
REFLECT
Some trust in chariots and horses. What have you been trusting in instead of the name of the Lord? (Psalm 20:7)
TODAY’S STEP
Name it. Hand it over out loud. Say, “Lord, I give You ______. You will certainly care for me.”
PRAY
Father, You didn’t spare Your own Son for me. I have no reason to doubt Your care. I name my worry and I place it in Your hands. I trust You deeply. In Jesus’ name, amen.
He will certainly care for you.