I have found that the older I get, the more I worry. I say this after waking up at the crack of dawn with a whirl-wind of stress on my mind. I need to find a reliable car. I need to get textbooks. How am I going to pay tuition this semester... And the list goes on and on. As I sit and ponder these many life struggles I begin to think to myself...
Am I doing God any justice right now? Am I really trusting in Him? Here is what the bible tells us about worry;
Am I doing God any justice right now? Am I really trusting in Him? Here is what the bible tells us about worry;
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. 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 which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?"
Matthew 6:25-27 (ESV)
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 14:27 (ESV)
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved"
Psalm 55:22 (ESV)
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10
All throughout the bible God tells us; Do not be afraid! Do not worry! Why is it that our flesh is so quick to forget how mighty our God is? Why is it we only seem to trust in him during the good moments? When we worry we are not trusting in the Lord. We are not remembering that God is a sovereign, omniscient, omnipotent God... In other words, we have forgotten that God is all knowing, ever present, having ALL authority. Even on the things I think are far to small for him to care about. Such as tuition and financial struggles. We forget, or at least, I know that I forget; that God does care about our "tiny" problems. The Lord cares for us. I am His child and he longs for me to turn to Him not only in my time of praise, but also in my time of need. How often we forget to do so. How often we forget just how big He is...
Just some early morning food for thought.
Just some early morning food for thought.