Fear Not, Worry Not
Matthew 6:25-30 (NIV) 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?
When was the last time you looked at these verses? It is a natural thing to worry, right? God gave us a brain to use, didn’t He? Yet clearly God does not want us to worry. But even people of faith can sometimes fall prey to worrying, though many times our fears are never realized.
So how do we exchange fear for faith? We begin each day in the Word, drawing sustenance from each promise God has made. We stand firm in the shadow of the cross, which covers not only our sins but our shortcomings. We pray without ceasing, speaking our praises and our concerns to God. And then, we listen to the urgings and the whispers of the Holy Spirit as He guides us and comforts us.
May we be comforted.by the trust we have placed in Jesus, not just for our salvation, but for relief from worrying.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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