V.32 See if you notice the three different groups in one verse: (1) A Shepherd with His flock (2)? (3)?
V.31-48 We can see in the last verses we were reading yesterday, and these sixteen verses that a personal trust in the Lord is needed and not to be anxious about food and clothing (vvs. 31-32).
V.34 What a treasure we have in our Lord Jesus up there in heaven itself. If our treasure is in heaven, and He is, that’s where our heart is going to be.
V.35-40 And heaven is where He is coming from. Don’t forget. if we really believe that the Lord is coming at any moment, our life will show it. In each of verses 37 and 43 there is a promise of blessing. But do you see the difference?
V.49-53 People today discuss religion as if it were a theory on which they can have several opinions. These verses tell us that the Person of the Lord Jesus is the One central Object of life. For or against HIM — no third way. Read these verses to see what GOD says. Not only our Christian friends may turn against us if we are too much for HIM, but even our own brothers and sisters. And isn’t it so? To follow the Lord, sometimes brings hate, and fire and division, not peace. His grace brought out the opposition.