‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?  And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?  And why do you worry about clothing?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?  Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?”  For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.  But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Can this not be read, in one manner, as speaking against dissipation, which wrecks our recollection?  “Seek first the kingdom of God” and all else will be provided.  Choose the better part.  The Word longs to be ever present in your heart and mind, yes, even to your consciousness.  By so doing, we carry him to others, and thus evangelize by our very presence in their midst, for then it is no longer we who are present, but the saving Christ.  Use the gifts of your entire body to carry him to others.  Do not misuse hands, tongue, heart, mind, for we are not our own, we have been purchased – and at what a price!  We are gifts to the Father from the Son, so do not claim your body by misusing any part of it.  Do not let your ego claim any goodness the Word accomplishes through you.  Let your trust be heroic.