Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34 HCSB
Worry, it seems to be a fact of life. There are many things in our lives which we tend to worry about; finances, health, and relationships are some of the big areas where we encounter worry. The question is who has ever benefited from worrying about something. I usually find the opposite to be true, the more I worry about one thing the more time and energy is taken away from something else. Let’s say I am worrying about my finances and where I am going to get the money to pay my rent among all my other bills, that takes time effort and energy that I could be using to focus on producing content and working on a number of podcast and other multimedia projects I am involved with.
You see Satan uses worry as a way to draw first our attention away from God, but also to foster doubt into our minds. When we worry we are often, though not intentionally, stating that we don’t think God has as much control over His creation as He does. It is a subconscious belief that we need to be in control, worry is essentially just another form of pride. When we worry it is because as I mentioned we want to be in control and our worry is because we feel like we aren’t in control and that makes us uncomfortable.
What Jesus wants us to do is to give control over to Him. That is because if we place our trust in Him and let Him take control we have no need to worry. If we are willing to focus our time and energy on God and let Him worry about everything else, everything else will essentially fall into place. So what are you worrying about today? Why don’t you give it over to God and trust Him to take care of it.
