Will Anxiety or Worry Add to Your Life?

Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these.  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?  Matthew 6:25-30 Amplified

Oh, you of little faith. Don’t worry and fret. Jesus tells us this several times in this passage. Webster’s defines worry as…to think about problems or fears: to feel or show fear and concern because you think that something bad has happened or could happen. …to make (someone) anxious or upset. God wants us to TRUST Him rather than worry. He cares about us and provides for us, as well as for plants and animals. We just need to trust Him. This “perpetually uneasy” condition is not one that just lasts a few minutes…a little fretting over small stuff like a sliver in a finger. But “perpetual” going on and on…. No trust there. Will it add to anyone’s quality or quantity of life? That is your life. 

RSVP: Jesus is asking you today to stop worrying…to trust in our Heavenly Father. How will you respond to Him today? 

Prayer ~ Jesus, I give You my worries, my concerns, the uncertainties of life for me, for my family, friends, and neighbors. Please take these worries and give us the certainly of Your love and care. Thank you.

© 2014 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.