Matthew 6

Matthew 6:25-34  "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?  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.

Many of us struggle with control.  We like to be in control.  We like to plan on when to get up in the morning, decide what to wear and what to eat, and we like to drive the quickest way possible to school or work…and then we hit construction or there is an accident – and we are no longer in control.  We have to wait or detour and our plans are thrown out the window

…and we begin to worry.  We’re going to be late.  We’re going to get into trouble because we are going to be late.  I’m going to miss my first meeting or I’m going to be late for that meeting and have to walk in late.  I’m going to have to explain why I’m late.  Ugh!  We worry and become anxious over something we have no control over. 

Truly we never had control.  We like to think we are in control, but God truly is in control.  We have a choice – we can either try to be in control and worry and be anxious or we can trust Him and rest in His arms knowing that He’s got everything under control (which is way easier said than done). 

Because of Jesus – we are free from worry and anxiety!  Praise Him today because of our freedom!!

I’m praying for you!

Pastor Amy