Do Not Be Anxious
As I read through the Book of Matthew this evening, I came across these verses, and it really struck a chord with all that is going on in my life right now. I figured it would help to share them with others…
Do Not Be Anxious
25 “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? 26 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? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? [1] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
1 6:27 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters.
These passages really stood out to me this evening. Kim and I are about to embark on a new chapter in our lives together, and I must admit that I am more than a little anxious about it.
The thing I realized in reading this, is that I really have nothing to worry about: God will provide. Worrying gains us nothing. The peace I gained from realizing this was much needed.
