FAITH CAPSULE: When man proposes to build outside of God, worrying will take charge and lead to destruction.
Matthew 6
Why are you worrying when Jesus said, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” (Matthew 6:25-27) Why do you have to worry when our creator says to His creation not to worry? Worrying is a device of the enemy to deny man from serving God with whole heart. When God says do not do the enemy is around to say do.
God spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) The word of God to Jeremiah speaks to all without any exception. Evidently, God knows our end from the beginning. By virtue of this, it is true that whatever God propose no man can dispose. What God dispose no man can propose it. Have you been proposing without God? Have you taken your proposal before God to find out whether or not it is in line with Him? As a redeemed child of God, it is important for all of your proposals to involve God. It does not matter what you are, who you are, or where you are. You have to remember that you are under heaven and not beyond your Creator’s reach.
Most times when man proposes to build outside of God, worrying will take charge and lead to destruction. In Genesis 11:4 creation of God wanted to build outside of God as stated, “And they said, ‘Come let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.’” The proposed building was not the problem, but the motive behind the proposal was in conflict with the Almighty God of creation. The people were not Godly minded; they were planning outside of God that invited challenging worry. What are you trying to accomplish outside of God? Are you attempting to raise your shoulder above you head? Man’s proposal that does not center on God is an indirect withdrawal from the only One who can make or unmake the fulfillment of any proposal. Today avoid unexpected worrying by taking your proposal to the Almighty God who has seen the future from the past. He is a jealous God and He deserves all your attention so He can attend to you even more than your expectation.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to look up to Him for your entire endeavor.