Here lately I seem to be worrying about the silliest stuff. What does it mean in Matthew 6:25, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear?" This sounds like it would be so easy to achieve only we humans tend to do just the opposite. Why?
If I had the answer to this, I would be writing this with a much deeper sense of peace. But instead as I often do, I have put my faith aside and have let my mind take over- and that is scary. I want to have the worry-free life that God tells us we can have. This is why I am so excited about this year of prayer we are diving into at CCC. I will be focusing on certain areas of my life that I just can’t seem to turn over regularly to Christ.
I think having recently had another child and a birthday has sort of opened my eyes to this. Funny how that works. The older we get and closer to eternity we move, the more we worry about our every day stuff. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? I sometimes feel as if I am losing valuable minutes with every turn of the clock. When in fact I need to grasp onto the truth and bask in its glory. How much sweeter and worry free would life be then?
February 10th, 2010 - 6:54 am
Kevin thanks for being so open. I would say worry is more of a “nurture” rather than nature. We have been created in God’s image and He doesn’t worry. We have in our culture nurtured worry. It seems almost “cool” to worry. It is what some do to gain attention or pity. How would our world be different if we dropped everything and prayed when a need is made known instead of worrying? Let’s become a church whos DNA is prayer not worry.
February 10th, 2010 - 8:18 am
Kevin, you mentioned the phenomenon of advancing age creating a greater temptation to worry, but that it should be the other way around. I’m not so sure. I think that as we get older we become more convinced of our mortality. That puts us in a position of weakness… which is not a bad thing. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. I think God is blessed when we come to him in our worried weakened condition and lean on him.
February 10th, 2010 - 12:22 pm
This is something I struggle with also. It is so easy to be bogged down worrying about all the junk around us. This is certainly one of those areas I have to die to on a daily basis. Just as Jesus said in Luke 9:23, I have to take up my cross on a daily basis.