AVOID WORRY
Luke 12:22-34

Jesus pointed out that the important thing in this life is to seek the Kingdom of God. In His conversation with His disciples, it is clear that the only way not to seek the Kingdom of God is to not let worrying take over your life. “Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.””  (Luke 12:22) He went further and elaborated on what to eat, what to wear, and how to take care of your body, the major sources of worrying. Are you a worrying vessel? What Jesus was saying was, worrying should not be our portion. Worrying is like a dark room, where all the weapons of man’s self destruction inhabits. When worrying is in place, faith will be out of place. And when faith is out of place, God is not pleased. Worrying does not have anything to add in times of need, or challenges. Inside the dark room of worrying, anxiousness takes a center seat to destroy. Any situation that is clearly beyond man’s ability to tackle needs to be reserved for God to take over. Jesus said in Luke 12:26, “If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?” Are you willing to give it up to God for His intervention? The Apostle Paul, having been through it all, to point of death, ship wrecks, gave an antidote to worrying when he stated in Philippians 4:6, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” The Apostle Paul is more than qualified to prescribe what it takes to terminate the spirit of worrying. It is important for a believer to know when, and how, to determine when worrying begins to occupy the mind if not, anxiousness is what will take the place of prayer in the mind. Has what you will eat or drink become the center of your life? Here is what Jesus said, “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.”  (Luke 12:29) What you seek is what you will heed, and what you heed will rule your life. Jesus is not saying do not work, or look for what to drink or eat. He is warning against letting it overwhelm life or take away a believer’s focus off the Creator of all. The words of Jesus encourages us in Luke 12:31-32, “But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. 32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”” With worrying, fear reigns, faith resides, and God will not be pleased.

Prayer for today: Father help me not just to be a hearer of Your word, but let it reign, and rule, inside of me, for all the days of my life.