Friday, August 24, 2007

Reminder - No Worries

Matthew 6:25-34 (NRSV)
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. 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 can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry 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 clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you--you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today."

I cannot claim to be "worried" at the present time, but this passage is always very encouraging.

1 comment:

Jemit said...

I think this is absolutely correct. The day you sit down and openly acknowledge that you came into this world with nothing and will leave the same way... and in between as we journey this world, everything is 'on loan' from the Lord. He sends what we need when we need it. He provides you with the home and if He has other plans for you, we must be obedient to Him and follow His lead.
I thought it would be so devastating to think of losing all we had worked for , but found out that real peace comes from letting God be in the control. No fretting.. just the willingness to do His will. It's always good.
God tells us to let our desires be known to Him- prayer is the key.