Worrying Part II.

Matthew 6:25-27
25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Refer to Worrying Part I back on September 8, 2008.

Write down this passage and put it in your wallet. Refer to it over the coming weeks. It's a good reminder not to worry. The last part is very meaningful. I can't tell you how many times I spend worrying. You may not realize it, but worrying is a sin. I like to think of a sin as anything that steals our time away from God. Thus, worrying is definitely a sin in my book.

There is no point in worrying as I concluded above. We all find ourselves worrying, but the question is why do we do that so often? The answer: it's simply human nature.

If something happens, instead of worrying about it, give it to God to deal with. He will praise you if you do this. He wants you to give him your worries. In reality, unfortunate circumstances happen to all of our brothers and sisters in Christ on a daily basis. It's just that we usually ignore them and focus on our worries exclusively.

I mentioned that by worrying, we waste time. Think about it, we could be learning to trust God more during that time as we're in a strong relationship with him. Trust God to resolve all challenges you might be experiencing. Then, be able to progress forward. He doesn't care tomorrow what you gave him today or yesterday. It's a new day full of troubles. In Matthew 6:34, Jesus said, "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

If we just get out of the human flesh and go into the spirit in times of worry, God provides and the problem can be resolved. As Jesus said when he was talking about the persecution in Matthew 10:19, "When they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you." God has promised us that if we trust him as our Lord and Savior, we have been born into his family for eternal life. God has a plan to carry us through until the end.

Finally, another downside of worrying is that when we worry, it brings us into a state of fear which can lead to depression. This depression translates to a paralyzed felling of not being able to do anything. That can be seen in many with various types of phobias.

The bottom line is that in faith and in a faithful relationship, you have to show trust toward the other person - so trust God!

Try something different when you feel overwhelmed by fear and worry. Perhaps go outside and stand until you feel the wind. That, my friend, is faith. The beauty of faith is: you can't see it, but you can feel it. God is here!

God bless and have a worry-free day!!!

"The sovereign cure for worry is prayer." ~William James