Worrying.....Not fun!
Matthew 6:25-34
Do Not Be Anxious
"'Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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: 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 which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious 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 arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.'"
James 4:13-15
Boasting About Tomorrow
"Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit'--yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'"
Last night and today I have learned a Huge lesson in worrying.
I don't want to go into details, but I will say that my life could have taken a rather unexpected turn...most likely for the worse (otherwise I don't think I would worry!).
Even as I tried to give every aspect of this situation to God last night, it would keep coming back. I would sleep for a half an hour and wake up thinking about it.
After a 18 hour gap, I got to the bottom of the situation and it turns out to be absolutely nothing! Man am I paying for all of that worrying today (10 hour day with 6 hours of very poor sleep)!
Why should I worry about anything, I know that the Scripture is God's Word, that both He and His word are reliable and trustworthy, so why can I not stop from completely turning things over to Him?
Romans 8:27-28
"And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
God is my source of everything! Why do I hold on to earthly things so tightly? I need to learn to let go of the things that will burn, and hold all the more tightly to God!
Father, thank you for showing me that I am not clinging to you tightly enough. You are the Creator and You are all that I need for this life and the next. You know my hearts desires, but please continue to work in me and make Yourself what I desire most, all of the time! Help me to let go of anything that is not You and cling to everything that is You. In Jesus Holy name. Amen
In Christ,
David
Prayer request: Please pray for my friend Chris, he is going to be preaching on Psalm 150 this Sunday. Pray that God would use him in amazing ways, and that Chris would allow God to speak through him without any hindrance to what God wants said.
Do Not Be Anxious
"'Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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: 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 which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious 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 arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.'"
James 4:13-15
Boasting About Tomorrow
"Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit'--yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'"
Last night and today I have learned a Huge lesson in worrying.
I don't want to go into details, but I will say that my life could have taken a rather unexpected turn...most likely for the worse (otherwise I don't think I would worry!).
Even as I tried to give every aspect of this situation to God last night, it would keep coming back. I would sleep for a half an hour and wake up thinking about it.
After a 18 hour gap, I got to the bottom of the situation and it turns out to be absolutely nothing! Man am I paying for all of that worrying today (10 hour day with 6 hours of very poor sleep)!
Why should I worry about anything, I know that the Scripture is God's Word, that both He and His word are reliable and trustworthy, so why can I not stop from completely turning things over to Him?
Romans 8:27-28
"And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
God is my source of everything! Why do I hold on to earthly things so tightly? I need to learn to let go of the things that will burn, and hold all the more tightly to God!
Father, thank you for showing me that I am not clinging to you tightly enough. You are the Creator and You are all that I need for this life and the next. You know my hearts desires, but please continue to work in me and make Yourself what I desire most, all of the time! Help me to let go of anything that is not You and cling to everything that is You. In Jesus Holy name. Amen
In Christ,
David
Prayer request: Please pray for my friend Chris, he is going to be preaching on Psalm 150 this Sunday. Pray that God would use him in amazing ways, and that Chris would allow God to speak through him without any hindrance to what God wants said.
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