Jesus is Essential
Matthew 6:28–30: So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 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?
Jesus said that worry is sinful. We may dignify worry by calling it by some other name—concern, burden, a cross to bear—but the results are still the same. Instead of helping us live longer, anxiety only makes life shorter. Worry pulls us apart. Until man interferes, everything in nature works together, because all of nature trusts God.
Man, however, is pulled apart because he tries to live his own life by depending on material wealth. God feeds the birds and clothes the lilies. He will feed and clothe us. It is our “little faith” that hinders Him from working as He would. He has great blessings for us if only we will yield to Him and live for the riches that last forever. 1
Walking with Jesus
Have you confessed the sin of worry? Have you asked for more believing faith?
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Ephesians 3:20
Since God controls all of creation, it would be wise to allow Him to control our lives.
Praying
Lord, thank You for wanting to do abundantly beyond the things that worry me.
1. Hughes, R. K. (2001). The sermon on the mount: the message of the kingdom. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
