Worry

As humans it is in our nature to worry. Many of us have made an art form of it. But what good does it do? Does worrying make anything better? We worry about our children, our finances, our marriage and just about everything else in our lives. We stress, and we allow it to rob of us our joy. Is this what our Father in heaven wants for us? Was this his plan? Well let’s ask His word, shall we?

 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will Henot much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 6:25-34 NKJV

I think that Rick Warren said it well in his book “The Purpose of Christmas” when he wrote “The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured.”

So instead of doing something totally useless, and allowing the enemy to steal your joy, why not give it to the only perfect ONE who can do anything about it? Our Father in heaven.

The book of James tells us that if we draw near to God, He will in turn draw near to us. I implore you, just for today, give it to God and let Him bear the burden for you. You’ll feel so much better, and you’ll see, He’ll handle it better than you ever could.

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:7