Good Morning Friends,
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your
life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is
not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look
at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who
of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Why do you worry about
clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I
tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of
these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today
and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you
of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall
we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things,
and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom
and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew
6:25-33)
Worry dwells on the “what ifs.” What if the
economy turns down and my investments collapse? What if my company doesn’t do
well and I lose my job? What if I get cancer? What if my kids start doing
drugs? What if _______, you fill in the blank with the area(s) of life over
which you are most prone to worry.
Worry seems to be a universal problem. People worry
about different things from individual to individual, but most of folks struggle
with worry just like I do.
Jesus addressed it as a very common problem. It
was a problem for which He knew the solution: replace worry with trust. Trust
your Heavenly Father.
Jesus urged us to give up worry for two
reasons:
It doesn’t help. Worry can’t even add an hour
to your life.
You don’t need it. God promises to take care of
you.
His, by Grace, Steve
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