Allow me to remind you of our Sunday text and some of the key points:
Matthew 6:25-34 25 “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? 26 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? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 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? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
When you compare worry with the other things we face in life, it may seem like a small thing, but it isn’t. It is a big thing because worry magnifies life’s problems, intensifies life’s emotional turmoil, and steals joy from today as well as tomorrow. Worry robs us of peace and sucks the fun out of our life. Worry may seem small or trivial, but it has big implications.
Worry is a distraction in our mind, heart, and soul to keep us from focusing on the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. If Satan can’t destroy you, he will try to distract you and cause you to worry yourself to the point where you aren’t focused on the Kingdom or on advancing it in any way.
In order to help you begin to stop worrying, you need to:
Trust God with everything in everything for everything you need.
He feeds the sparrow. He clothes the lilies of the field. He will take care of you (Phil 4:19).
Turn your eyes upon Jesus.
We are told not to look to the things of this world, but to the things of God’s world, God’s Kingdom. Look again at verse 33: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Take life one day at a time.
Vs. 34: Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Trust God with everything, in everything, for everything you need. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Take one day at a time. God’s got whatever you need, and more importantly, He’s got you in the palm of His capable hands. You were made for more than worry. You were made for trust, faith, peace, and joy.
