“Trusting God through Our Everyday Fears”
Matthew 6:25-34
Both Scripture and science confirm that allowing our worries to dominate us is a recipe for disaster
1 – Don’t be
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on” Matthew 6:25a
There are two types of worry: needs and wants
“Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6:25b
“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing?” Matthew 6:27-28a
2 – God is in
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” Matthew 6:26
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” Matthew 6:28b-30
Unchecked worry is sinful because it evidences a lack of faith
“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” Matthew 6:31-32
3 – Keep things
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33
The kingdom is God’s rule over God’s people in God’s place for God’s glory
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:34
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