Bible

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Matthew 6:25-34
New King James Version

Do Not Worry

“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?

“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The footnotes went like this:
Three times in this text, Jesus says, DO NOT WORRY. Jesus gives 5 reasons why we should not worry.

1--Worry is not consistent---If we can trust Jesus to provide us with our life, can we not trust Him with our daily needs.
2--Worry is irrational --If the Lord cares for the birds, will He not also care for us, since we are more valuable than birds.
3--Worry is ineffective. Who among us can add one cubit (length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger) to our stature by worrying.
4--Worry is illogical. If God can clothe the Lillies of the field, can He not also clothe us
5--Worry is irreligious. When we worry, we act just like those who do not know God.

To avoid worrying we need a system of priorities: "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness".....We also need a strategic program: "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things"

Years ago my dad taught a Sunday school class and he pointed out "that what we worry about rarely ever comes to pass." ----God Bless and you folks have a Blessed Week