STUPID WORRY
Matthew 6:34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.” (TEV)
Worry is something other people do, isn’t it? We don’t worry, we are just concerned. We don’t worry, we just want to be sure everything turns out alright. Let’s get real, WE WORRY! Corrie Ten Boom wrote:
“Worrying is stupid. The Bible says, "Do not worry about anything." If you are worrying, you are being disobedient. I had to understand that before I could stop doing it. First, I tried in my own strength-positive thinking, not fretting anymore. That approach was about as successful as attacking a lion with a toy pistol! Only the Lord can set you free through the Holy Spirit. . . .
“If the Bible is true--and it is true!-fear, worrying, and anxiety actually question the trustworthiness of God. Then apparently we are saying, "God, you are not speaking the truth." In other words, "You are lying." Will we believe what the Lord tells us in Philippians 4:19 "My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus" and in Hebrews 13:5 ". . . never will I leave you; never will I forsake you"? These promises allow us to say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper, I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
Now let us go forth into a new day, trusting in our all powerful God, and be worry free.
The Foolishness of Worry
Matt 6:34 So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings. (TEV)
Ralph Easter had driven many times from Calgary, the foothills city of
Alberta, to Banff,
high in the Canadian Rockies. But it was his first trip that left an indelible
impression on him. He said that as the road wound westward from Calgary over
rolling hills, there always loomed before him in the distance a range of
snow-capped peaks that seemed to block the highway. He recalls wondering how he
would ever pass over such an insurmountable barrier, but he drove steadily on.
Finally as he reached the point where it had looked as if the road would stop,
he came to a sharp bend and the highway stretched on as before. Many such turns
kept him progressing upward and forward until he came to the other side of the
range.
As we travel the road of life, obstacles often loom up before us, filling us
with apprehension. Illness, surgery, financial reversal, or loss of a job
threaten to keep us from reaching our goals. But as we keep on by faith, God
opens a new way before us. Most of what we worry about never comes to pass. But
even when trouble comes, God is there to show us a new course. We can avoid the
folly of worry by trusting Him today for all our tomorrows.
As someone once said, “Worry is a burden that God never meant for us to bear.”
