Monday, April 8, 2019

Worry


First off, I apologize to every one of you!  I failed to send a devotion last week as I was on vacation, WITHOUT my computer!!  And forgot to preschedule the devotion.  I am sorry.

Worry is something that many people are consumed by.  It can cause anxiety and depression.  Even my 6-year-old son can easily become consumed by worry.  Some worry about what they will eat or wear, others worry about getting home projects or work projects completed, and still others worry about what someone thinks of them.  If we are honest with ourselves, we have all spent time worrying and a lot of times, it’s worrying about something that will never happen.  I know that I have. 

Why though?  We are clearly told not to worry, that God will take care of us. 

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 than food, and the body more 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 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers 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—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.

Are you consumed in worry today?  I encourage you to take it to God.  Lay it at his feet.  Show him that you have faith that he will take care of whatever it is that you are worried about.  Then watch.  Watch as he provides for your needs.  Maybe you won’t get all the answers you are wanting, but you will get everything that you need.  He will provide for all of your needs.  Trust him today to care for your needs, even the ones that you think are too small to bother him with.  He cares for you!

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