Ruminating on the "what if's" is an unhealthy way of meditating that invites fear. When we do this, there's no room left in our thought closets for truth. Most worry thoughts begin with the words what if. Meditation on truth begins with what is. Jesus reveals what is and therefore tells us not to worry.
According to Jesus' words, what are the reasons we shouldn't worry?
Matthew 6:25-32 (New International Version)
Do Not Worry
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 than food, and the body more 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 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Because God has promised to provide for me! Also, He demonstrates His provision all around us!
ReplyDeleteHis word is true and He promises to always provide for our needs.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think back over the last 28 1/2 years of marriage, we have never gone without.....even in the bleakest times. The Lord has never let us down. WHY can't I remember this when we go thru struggles...not just financially but ANY struggle?