This was a devotional I read today by a great man of God that made me think and I wanted to share it with you as well. Be blessed!
THE HEATHENISM OF WORRY
"Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek)" (Matthew
6:31-32).
Jesus tells us that worry-about the future of our family,
about jobs, about how we are to survive-is a heathen's way
of life. Jesus is talking here about those who have no
heavenly Father. They do not know God as he wants to be
known, as a caring, providing, loving Father in heaven.
"Take no thought for tomorrow" (v. 34). In these plain
words, Jesus commands us, "Do not give a thought, do not
give a worry, about what might or might not happen tomorrow.
You can't change anything. And you can't help by worrying.
When you do, you're only doing as the heathen do." Then
Jesus says, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you"
(v. 33). In other words, you are to go on loving Jesus. You
are to move on, casting all your cares on him. You are to go
on resting in his faithfulness. Your heavenly Father will
see to it that you are supplied with all the essential
things of life.
I wonder if the angels are baffled by all the worrying and
anxiousness of those who claim to trust in God. To them it
must seem so degrading, so insulting to the Lord, that we
worry as if we had no caring Father in heaven. What
perplexing questions the angels must ask among themselves:
"Have they no Father who is in heaven? Do they not believe
he loves them? Did he not tell them he knows all about their
needs? Do they not believe that he who feeds the birds and
the whole animal kingdom will feed and clothe them? How can
they fret and worry if they know he owns all power, all
wealth, and can supply the needs of all creation? Would they
accuse their heavenly Father of neglect, as if he was not
true to his word?"
You have a heavenly Father. Trust him!
