Daily Bread (Don’t Worry)

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Don’t Worry
READ: Matthew 6:25-34

Do not worry . . . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. —Matthew 6:31-32

My nephew’s job was soon to be eliminated, so I was glad to hear from his wife that he had just accepted an offer for a new position.

“We prayed, I worried, and Eric was determined to get another job,” Angie wrote in an e-mail, explaining the journey they’d been on for the last few months.

It’s easy for us to panic when we face serious concerns—the loss of a job, a family member with cancer, a wayward child.

So we pray. And we get busy. We start doing everything we can think of to move forward in a positive way.

And we worry. We know it’s a waste of time. Yet a lot of us find ourselves in this dilemma—we know we should trust God, but we wonder just what He’s going to do.

That’s when we turn to His Word—to remind us that He is walking with us and inviting us to hand over to Him our worries and burdens. Scripture tells us, “[Cast] all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7), and “God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19).

When your mind turns to anxious thoughts about the future, remember that “your heavenly Father knows” (Matt. 6:32) and will give you what you need.
—Cindy Hess Kasper

I don’t know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the One who feeds the sparrow
Is the One who stands by me. —Stanphill
© 1950 by Ira Stanphill


Worry is a burden God never intended us to bear.

 

[rizen1]

Amen...

We have to turn our eyes away from the situation and fix it on God.
He is awesome and wonderful.
We must learn to trust Him instead of driving ourselves crazy with worry.

Praise him for who is His.

Proverbs 3:5,6 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (Psalm 42:5).

“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).

“Then Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?’” (Luke 12:22-26, NIV). Also see Matthew 6:25-34

 

[Ann]

This is great and I immediately thought of the saying - worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair, your'e rocking but going nowhere.

We only get tired and frustrated and then follows negativity, depression and even hopelessness. And all for nothing because every time God come's through for us, then we have joy and faith in abundance, that is until the next time?

As our sister Joyce says we keep on running around the same mountain over and over.
We must stop and tell the devil no more, I know every inch of this mountain and I'm not running around it again.

It all comes down to making a choice and sticking to it, try it, it works - I did.

Thanks for posting.

Blessings!