Matt 6, Psalms 37

Matt 6:25-34 could be paraphrased this way, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, or how you'll pay your bills, who you'll marry or what career you'll choose...look at creation even life that isn't made in our Father's image is taken care of by Him. So don't anxiously worry about the necessities of your life. Don't be like the world running around after these things for our Father knows what we need them. But seek first His way of doing things and being made into the image of His Son and all these things we'll be given to you as well."

These two verses sound a lot alike and they both teach the same spiritual lesson.

Psalms 37:4, "Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."
Matt 6:33, "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things we be given to you as well."

God wants our energy spent on being confirmed into the image of Christ and enjoying Him. Somehow when we do this He provides what we need....even what we don't need, but desire. In short, God's way of meeting our cares is to seek His way of doing things and put His ways ahead of our own.

Spiritual Leadership, 1 Tim 3

Paul's description to Timothy about who should lead God's people was very simple. Paul wanted someone who was to be "blameless" or "above reproach."

1 Tim 3:2 says, "Now the overseer is to be above reproach." Everything that follows in his description of a pastor is tied to the idea of being above accusation. Be faithful to your wife, be respectable, be kind to strangers, teach others what you're living, don't let alcohol control you, be content with your finances and put your family's needs above the needs of the church. God is pretty serious about how a servant leading His people treats his family. In short, God's desire is for honest character driven leaders to guide His church.

Also, God is making a point about what gives leaders their influence... it's their moral authority. Those following them know they can be trusted because the leader's words and actions have always been consistent.