Greetings Brothers and Sisters.
I can't tell you how many times that I have to deal with worry in my life and the lives of people I come across each week. It can have devastating effects on everything we do whether it is at work, home, our families and especially our emotions.
Worry is not from God. Worry comes from the enemy in an effort to control us and take our mind off of God and all that He promises us in His Word. Worry is sin and God does not want sin in our lives.
Matthew 6:25-33 “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? 26 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? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Seek God's Kingdom First.Putting God's kingdom first is the first step on the pathway of God's miracles, and you cannot walk on this pathway unless determining His will, purpose, and glory. It is your first priority as you pursue His call on your life. To do so, turn first to His Word, which is the atmosphere in which you may understand His will, recognize His way, and hear the voice of His Spirit (Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law). Second, watch for the little things, the little signs along the way, not in the great wind, earthquake, or fire, but rather in the "still voice" (1 Kings 11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”) Often it is the small, seemingly insignificant things or events that ultimately determine our destiny.
Isaiah 2:22 Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he? Psalm 118:18 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. Too often we fail to understand who this applies to. We have to understand that this also means not to trust in ourselves. Worry occurs when we start thinking of all the things we did, have to do, and a lot of the time how we were offended.
Jesus repeats what He said in verse 25 in verse 34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." Worry is not an option and God calls us to put all our trust in Him. Psalm 56:4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
Trusting in God means to surrender your thoughts and emotions to Him. Receive your inheritance that has been given to you when Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Be delivered this day from worry. Amen
May God bless your day.
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