A warning which needs to be reiterated is that the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, will choke all that God puts in. We are never free from the recurring tides of this encroachment. If it does not come on the line of clothes and food, it will come on the line of money or lack of money; of friends or lack of friends, or on the line of difficult circumstances. It is one steady encroachment all the time and unless we allow the Spirit of God to raise up the standard against it, these things will come in like a flood.
Jesus Christ knows our circumstances better than we do, and He says we must not think about these things so as to make them the concern of our lives. Whenever there is competition, be sure you put God first. Jesus says, "Be anxious for nothing" (Philippians 4:6). Keep focus on your relationship to our Heavenly Father — Matthew 6:25